Farmworkers And Laborers
Circle H Citrus, Inc. (#8)
📍 Okeechobee, FL · Okeechobee County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26194-093967
- 📞 Phone: +1 (772) 461-8868
- ✉️ Email: patti@pantusoinc.com
Employer instructions
Workers are screened for compliance with the following criteria: a) confirm ability, availability, qualifications and willingness to perform work described and confirm intention to work the entire season; b) local workers confirm availability and reliable daily transportation to and from the job site for the entire season. Non local workers confirm availability of transportation to job side to begin work; c) confirmation of full disclosure of all terms, conditions, and nature of work; d) confirmation of legal qualifications to work in the US. The employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to the employment service if employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers.
All referrals are encouraged to contact their nearest career center for pre-employment screening before contacting employer.
All referrals are to be made to Patti Martin at 3500 Shinn Road, Ft. Pierce, FL 34945 Telephone: 772-461-8868 (Mailing address is P.O. Box 14049, Fort Pierce, FL 34945). Collect calls will not be accepted. Walk-in applicants will be accepted. The office hours are Monday thru Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All local intrastate applicants may apply directly to the employer. All interstate applicants are encouraged but not required to first contact the nearest [one-stop] career center prior to contacting the employer for any updated information regarding the job prior to referral. For referrals from beyond normal commuting distance, an application may be sent to the employer or a telephone interview may be requested. The employer will contact all applicants who have submitted an application by phone to conduct an interview.
Prior to referral, each worker should either read or have read to them a copy of the Job Offer and that they understand all terms and conditions of employment as noted in the order. All workers should also be advised that they will be expected to work for the total period of employment as noted in the Job Offer and should be available to work in any one of the listed job activities at the discretion of the employer and workers must have transportation to the designated pickup location.
All hired referred and walk-in applicants must bring with them original documentation of identity and employment eligibility documents (original documents only), sufficient to complete the I-9 Form within 3 days of employment. All workers from within normal commuting distance recruited against this Job Order will not be provided housing and transportation.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farmworkers And Laborers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26194-093967
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time.
Fruit Harvesting: Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' ladder from the field truck to the area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support and opening for the insertion of fruit and removal of fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs approximately 80 to 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition, and variety of fruit. A ladder is placed against a tree within reach of the fruit in a leaning position. The ladder should be in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. The worker should take care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers. Workers will remove fruit from the tree and place into the pick sack. When the sack is full it is taken to the fruit tub located nearby. The fruit is dropped into tub, and the harvesting process is repeated. To perform this type of work, the worker must be able to work outside for at least 8 hours per day in various weather environments including high heat and humidity conditions. No specialized knowledge or skills are required, but workers are expected to have physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvesting process rapidly and make a large number of trips to the nearby fruit tub each day.
Fruit harvesting activities will be paid at the higher of the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing wage rate, or the applicable minimum wage rate per hour worked (or) the applicable piece rate offered for the quantity and variety of fruit harvested.
It is estimated that workers will spend about 70% of their worktime performing fruit harvesting activities and about 30% of their worktime performing general farm labor activities discussed below.
General Farm Labor Activities: At times, or when harvesting work is not available, and following supervisor instructions, workers may be required to perform general farm labor activities such as mowing, weeding, vining, sprouting, soil drenching, tree planting, re-standing, trimming, hand fertilizing, tree injection with Oxytetracycline (OTC), spraying herbicide and pesticides, and irrigation repair. In addition, workers may clean and assist in the repair and maintenance of farm equipment such as tractors, Goats/Loaders, trucks, buses, trailers, and other harvesting tools and farm machinery. At times, and after hurricanes and tropical storms, grove cleanup activities such as debris removal, weeding, tree standing, and vining may be required. In addition, cleaning and repairing minor damage to Company provided worker housing to maintain a clean and safe living area may be required. No specialized knowledge or skills are required to perform general farm labor activities. Workers should be able to use small hand tools such a shovel, rake, hoe, pruning shears, portable sprayers, hammers, battery powered drills and other small hand tools. To perform this kind of work, the worker must be able to work outside for at least 8 hours a day in various weather environments including high heat and high humidity conditions.
General farm labor activities will be paid at the higher of the adverse effect wage rate, the prevailing wage rate, or the applicable minimum wage rate per hour worked.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 100 lb Drug test Background check |
Criminal background checks and/or drug screenings may be done post-employment at the employers expense and at the employers discretion. Due to communal living arrangements where workers entitled to free housing will reside in close proximity to one another with limited residential supervision, and due to food safety considerations, employer may, at its discretion, conduct criminal background checks on all applicants offered employment in order to minimize the occurrence of crimes among residents.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Valencia: $1.00 per 90 lb field box; Estimated hourly wage equivalent is $15.00, or 15 field boxes per hour; $15.00 per hour guaranteed. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Okeechobee, Fl) |
| Housing | Employer leased housing. Family housing is not available, and the provision of family housing is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. Co-ed housing is not offered; all female workers will be housed with other females and all male workers will be housed with other males. |
| Meals | The employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and free weekly transportation to the grocery store to workers living in employer-provided housing which will enable workers to prepare their own meals. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide daily transportation to worksites, and weekly transportation to a grocery store, banking facility, and laundry services at no cost to the workers, utilizing eleven fixed-site employer-owned buses (occupancy 33-45) and two employer owned 15-passenger van. The buses are available all day, all transportation is at no cost to the worker. Transportation is available from the housing pick-up site to all workers, including those who do not reside in employer-provided housing. |
| Travel to the job | Inbound: Workers will determine their own inbound travel arrangements to the place of employment to begin the job contract. If the workers are coming from Mexico, the employer will provide and pay for a charter bus service from the consulate city to the place of employment for workers. See addendum C |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions: FICA taxes, income tax, cash advances, overpayment of wages; and charges for any loss to the employer due to the worker’s damage or loss of equipment or housing items where it is shown that the worker is responsible, any other deductions expressly authorized by the worker in writing. There will be no deductions of state income tax. **** The employer will pay a wage that is the highest of the AEWR, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage, except where a special procedure is approved for an occupation or specific class of agricultural employment. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26194-093967 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
| Posted | Jul 21, 2026 |