Farmworker And Laborers
Huapilla Produce, Inc (FL1)
📍 Immokalee, FL · Collier County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26257-233684
- 📞 Phone: +1 (850) 363-0502
- ✉️ Email: genarojr@huapillaproduceinc.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. Nonlocal 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 Genaro Huapilla, Jr. please call 850-363-0502 or email genarojr@huapillaproduceinc.com to schedule an interview. Collect calls will not 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 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, 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 will be required to submit original documents of identity and employment eligibility 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 Farmworker And Laborers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26257-233684
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. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will fulfill the following:
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. Worker is required to ride fertilizer wagon and use a shovel to make sure there is no clogging of fertilizer at distribution. Worker is 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.
Plastic Repair - Repairs are to be made to plastic and splices as necessary throughout field.
Shovel Work (End) - 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.
Planting - Loading and unloading of plant trays from plant delivery boxes to planting machine, unloading empty trays from planter back onto plant boxes. Riding on plant machine and placing one plant into each hole made by plant machine and gathering soil to fill in space around the plant with soil using hand. Walking also behind planting machine placing a plant in hold that was missed and also filling in the hole with soil by using hand. Removing plants at walkways. Units covered will be divided by number of workers on the crew times the pay rate.
Replanting - When needed, replanting will require employee 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 - Using both hands gathering bundles of stakes from bed of field truck and carrying to place a stake between each 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, worker 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.
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 stake and plant outside of plant and pulling string tight to hold the plant up between stakes. Continue process for each stake and plant for entire field. This task will require the removal of empty boxes and trash from field at the end of the tying process.
String Cutting (Twine) - Worker is required to use a knife that is provided by employer and with hands to cut through sting from the top to the bottom of the plastic beds with a downward motion and cutting through sting wrapped around stakes that are standing in the rows. At every crossway the worker will stop and place string that has been collected and into a trash bag provide by employer and continue the process until each row assigned is completed for the day. Once completed for the day or bags are full worker must place bags of string at the end of the roadways.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 80 lb |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Packing Tomatoes (In field): $0.75/unit. Estimated hourly wage rate equivalent is $16.50, 22 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 tub service is provided at no cost to the worker. Additional coin laundry is available at the worker's own expense. |
| 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 free transportation to all workers to the grocery store, laundromat, and banking facility once a week to access the necessities, utilizing three employer-owned passenger vans (seating capacity 15). See addendum C |
| 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. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26257-233684 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
| Posted | Sep 24, 2026 |