Agricultural Shuttle Driver / Farmworker
AR CITRUS INC
📍 Labelle, FL · Hendry County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26211-135423
- 📞 Phone: +1 (863) 840-0091
- ✉️ Email: arcitrus365@outlook.com
Employer instructions
Applicants should contact the nearest Career Center for preemployment screening before contacting the employer, workers that meet the criteria will be interviews via telephone. All referrals are to be made to Antonio R Barajas (863)-840-0091 Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Prior to referral, each worker should either read or have read to them a copy of the Job Offer and they understand all the 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 the offered hours in any one of the listed activities at the discretion of the employer.
The employer may offer the worker more than the specified hours of work on a single workday but the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order for a workday, or on the worker's Sabbath or Federal holidays.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Agricultural Shuttle Driver / Farmworker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26211-135423
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Workers will perform assigned duties as described in this clearance order and as instructed by their supervisors. Primary responsibilities include safely operating buses and vans to transport workers to and from housing locations, designated work sites, and related operational facilities. Drivers must possess a valid driver’s license required by State and Federal laws (a driver's license issued by another country that is recognized under state law may satisfy public road driving requirements) and maintain a valid, unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor (FFLC) or FFLC Employee Registration Card with explicit driving authorization to transport workers on public highways. Worker must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records. Holding the required driver's license, FFLC/FFLCE driving authorization, and meeting driver qualification standards are mandatory conditions of employment for this position, and workers assigned to operate motor vehicles or agricultural equipment must be at least 18 years of age. Responsibilities include conducting daily pre-trip safety inspections (checking tires, brakes, and fluid levels), maintaining trip logs, and performing basic cleaning and refueling of vehicles. Secondary duties include operating specialized agricultural equipment used across citrus, blueberry, strawberry, operations, including forklifts, utility vehicles (UTVs/ATVs), and tractors. Workers will operate these vehicles to move supplies, handle harvesting equipment in the field, and transport harvested crops, plants, tools, water, and agricultural materials between fields, groves, greenhouses, and the on-site packing house. Drivers are also responsible for performing routine operator maintenance and field service upkeep on assigned harvest equipment. Must be able to reach, bend, stoop, kneel, and lift items weighing up to 100 pounds. Alternative work, if needed, includes assisting with manual harvesting and general field operations for the crops mentioned on the job order strictly under supervisor direction.
Citrus Harvesting: Harvesting citrus fruit by hand under supervisor’s instructions. The worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry an 18’ to 20’ ladder from the field truck to the particular area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition, and variety of fruit. Worker positions the ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a secure, leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, ensuring a secure position to prevent slipping or falling. Worker will remove fruit from the tree by hand and place it into the picking sack. When the picking sack is full, the worker will transport the full sack to the designated fruit tub or bin.
Hand weeding: Workers will walk through the fields pooling the weeds around the plants using their hand or a hoe.
General Field Caretaking: Assisting with tree treatments under supervisor direction, removal of grove debris, assisting with irrigation line maintenance and repair, and general grove maintenance.
Blueberry Planting: While carrying a bag of blueberry plants, the worker will walk down rows, bend, and manually place one or two plants into each prepared hole in the plastic ground covering as instructed, firmly packing the dirt around the base of the plant.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 100 lb |
This type of work, involves working conditions that require tremendous stamina, a high level of physical activity in cold or extremely hot conditions in direct sunlight and in adverse weather such as rain. The work requires a high level of physical conditioning. A drivers' licenses and Farm Labor Contractor Certificate with Driving authorizations as required by local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:30 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage applicable to foreign H-2A workers is $15.08 per hour. La tasa salarial aplicable a los trabajadores extranjeros H-2A es de $15.08 por hora |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Lake Placid, Fl) |
| Housing | The employer will provide housing, without charge to the worker. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of negligent damage to lodging facilities after damage has occurred and after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction. Workers should maintain housing in a clean manner. Family Housing is not available and is not a prevailing practice in the area. In the event a female worker is hired, separate toilet, shower, and sleeping rooms will be provided. |
| Meals | Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Also will provide transportation once per week to go to the stores and do laundry. |
| Daily transportation | For workers residing in the employer’s housing, employer will provide transportation between housing and worksite locations and for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services) in the form of buses between employees housing location to the actual work site and return at the end of the workday without cost to the worker. |
| Travel to the job | For workers hired from beyond normal commuting distance, after completion of 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer shall reimburse the worker for cost incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence, as required by DOL regulations, from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer to the place of employment. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions: Social Security tax and federal income tax withholding as required by Federal, State and local law, cash advances, over-payment of wages, and any other deductions expressly authorized by the worker in writing. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26211-135423 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs (53-3053.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | CCH Bookkeeping, Inc. |
| Posted | Aug 13, 2026 |