Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse
SB Harvesting, Inc.
📍 Zolfo Springs, FL · Hardee County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26253-227207
- 📞 Phone: +1 (863) 464-0496
- ✉️ Email: sb.harvestinginc@gmail.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 Salvador Barajas (863) 464-0496 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 Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery, And Greenhouse (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26253-227207
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
The Specialized Farm Labor position includes the planting, growing, maintenance, and packing of plant material. All workers are required to adhere to important safety, quality and production standards alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers.
Primary Responsibilities include:
• Accurately and quickly planting young plant material (plugs or liners) while on potting line conveyor
• Accurately and quickly pruning plant material to designated specifications
• Applying cares tags and bar codes
• Assembling, disassembling and/or repairing shipping racks for use or storage
• Assembling and/or moving plant material on shipping trays
• Applying fertilizer
• Unloading trucks and rearranging racks with or without plant material
• Pulling, loading, offloading and/or consolidating plant material (plants, plugs or liners) to/from field or production barn as needed and according to job orders and instructions
• Repairing and maintaining production and non-production areas such as ground cover repair, grass trimming and weeding at times using mower or gas-powered trimmers
• Re-spacing, spreading, consolidating or dumping plant material according to task/job orders
• Executing task work orders and documenting quantities and the status of completion
• Performing general housekeeping duties such as sweeping, mopping, and picking up trash or debris around the farm
• Weeding plant material
• Identifying and reporting plant quality issues including removing debris, dirt or poor-quality foliage prior to shipping
• Operating or working on production line using soil mixers, flat fillers, conveyors, and potting machines
• Replacing plant containers as needed prior to shipping
• Placing lot tags in production lots
• Pruning or trimming plants as instructed by a grower using pruning shears, scissors, or mechanical trimming equipment
• Operating a forklift, farm tractor, golf cart and/or electric tug
• Employees are expected to show up to work on all scheduled work days.
• Employee must let Supervisor know 7 days in advance if they will need to be absent on a given day.
• In case of emergency or illness, employee must notify supervisor by 8 am that they will not be able to show up for work.
• Employees are expected to show up to work on time at the start of each work day and be at work until the end of the work day. Also, breaks and lunches will be taken at the appropriate times (10-10:15am break and 12:00 -12:45pm lunch)
• Any absence outside of the established parameters will be considered Unexcused.
• Excessive Unexcused absences will be addressed as follows:
First Unexcused absence- Written warning
Second Unexcused absence- Final written warning
Third Unexcused absence- Dismissal/Termination
• Excessive Absences will be addressed as follows:
More than 3 days within a 30-day period will be addressed accordingly and appropriate action will be taken.
• Tardiness will be addressed as follows.
More than 5 tardies within a 30-day period will be addressed accordingly and appropriate action will be taken.
• Employees are expected to produce a high-quality job/product. This includes, but is not limited to:
Participation in company CPS program.
Performing tasks to required specification.
Maintaining work areas clean and organized.
Report all quality issues to their immediate supervisors.
Take pride in their work and produce a high-quality job/product.
• Employees are expected to complete task in established standard times and will be measured accordingly.
Task will be handed out with expected completion time frames and employee are expected to produce to the set standard or above.
Employees are expected to properly document all appropriate information for the task completion.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 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. Due to the type of work involved, there is a Probationary Period of five (5) days beginning with the first day of employment, to show possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to perform this type of work
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:30 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage applicable to foreign H-2A workers is $15.00 per hour. La tasa salarial aplicable a los trabajadores extranjeros H-2A es de $15.00 por hora |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Lake Placid, Fl) |
| Housing | Employer Owned. The employer will provide housing, without charge to the worker, the employer will require workers to reimburse the employer for damage caused to housing by the individual workers found to have been responsible for damage. Workers should maintain housing in a neat, clean manner. Family Housing is not available and is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. 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 and vans 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. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26253-227207 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Posted | Sep 10, 2026 |