Farmworkers And Laborers
South Harvesting LLC (FL-1)
📍 Clewiston, 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-300-26232-183154
- 📞 Phone: +1 (239) 955-2801
- ✉️ Email: m.santiago1382@gmail.com
Employer instructions
Workers are screened for compliance with the following criteria: a) confirmability, availability, qualifications, and willingness to perform work described and confirm the 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. Nonlocal workers confirm availability of transportation to the job site 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 the 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 the employer.
All referrals are to be made to Marlena Santiago at 7901 4th St N STE 300 St. Petersburg, FL 33702. Telephone: (239)-955-2801. Collect calls will not be accepted. Walk-in applicants will be accepted. The office hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 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, written applications and interviews may be required. Employer will contact all applicants who have returned a completed application to schedule 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 documentation of identity and employment eligible documents (original documents only), sufficient to complete the I-9 Form within 3 days from the start 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-300-26232-183154
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
This job is SOC Code is 45-2092 Level I.
Workers will perform described job specifications as instructed, duties may vary from time to time and may include one or more of the following job specifications:
Lay Plastic: Workers are required to load 75 to 80 lbs. rolls of plastic and drip tape rolls weighing approximately 50lbs on to machinery and ride on the back of machinery to ensure rolls are distributed evenly on beds of dirt. Workers are required to ride fertilizer wagon and use a shovel to make sure there is no clogging of fertilizer at distribution. Workers are required to remove casing when rolls of plastic and drip tape have emptied and repeat process. Plastic machine riders have other tasks required to lay plastic such as: bed pressing, clean out fertilizer hoppers, painting numbers and measuring row lengths. Workers are required to use a shovel to tuck in the ends of the plastic being laid by machinery at the ends of each row. Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field. Units covered will be divided by number of workers on the crew times the pay rate.
Plastic Repair: Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field.
Shovel Work / Weeding: Shovel work. Workers are required to use a shovel to tuck in the ends of the plastic being laid by machinery at the ends of each row. Weeding: Worker is to pull plastic from row & drip tape and place at end of filed walkways. String cutting is also to be cut using a knife issued and remove and place at walkways at the end.
Planting / Replanting: When needed, replanting will require employees to carry trays that weigh 1 -5lbs into field to replace injured or dead plants in field rows.
Irrigation Installation & Removal: Connecting and installing irrigation (poly) lines at various points in fields for irrigation practices of crops. Removal of irrigation (poly) lines and connections at end of crop season. This task will include shovel work as needed.
Staking Crops: Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a tomato stake between each tomato plant. Each stake must remain upright. Repeat process through entire rows and field. Once the first procedure is performed by an air hammer system being pulled by a tractor, the worker places an air hammer over the stake to drive in the stake 12" - 14" into the ground. If using manual hammers, workers must place opening over stake and pound stake into the ground also 12" - 14". This task will include clean up and removal of broken stakes as needed. Paid per 100 ft.
Tying: Attaching a small box of string to one's waist with belt and in one hand using a tying stick in the other hand, attach string to the tying stick. Then take the tying stick and looping string around the tomato stake and standing tomato plant between stakes and pulling string tight to hold the plant up between stakes. Continue process for each tomato stake and plant for entire tomato field on both sides of the tomato plant. This task will require the removal of empty boxes and trash from field at the end of the tying process.
Freeze Protection: Workers install protective coverings over crops to prevent freeze damage and remove materials once weather conditions return to normal.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 80 lb Drug test Background check |
Employer may conduct criminal background and/or drug screening at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment. Failure to pass criminal background check and/or drug screening is grounds for termination.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:09 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Tying: $0.80 per unit; Estimated hourly wage rate equivalent is $16.00, or 20 units per hour. $15.00 per hour guaranteed. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Immokalee, 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. Laundry facilities are provided at no cost for the worker. |
| 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 the place of employment, and weekly transportation to a banking facility, laundromat, and grocery store, utilizing 1 employer-provided 48-passenger bus. Workers will be picked up at the beginning of the workday from the housing site and returned at the end of the workday. See addendum |
| 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 |
| 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. **Please note that if the worker is paid a piece rate for any of these activities, the worker will be guaranteed the pay rate 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. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26232-183154 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
| Posted | Sep 15, 2026 |