Farmworkers And Laborers, Crop
Martinez & Son's Trucking, LLC
📍 Belle Galde, FL · Palm Beach County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26278-280262
- 📞 Phone: +1 (561) 993-0392
- ✉️ Email: martinezsons@yahoo.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 Gumaro Martinez (561) 993-0394Monday 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 (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26278-280262
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Thinning: The employee will be lined up in its designated row (leaf products, romaine, boston, escarole, endive, cabbage) and will use a hoe to thin the lettuce (product) 8-14 inches apart from plant to plant. One ½ mile row will take approximately 20 – 35 minutes to complete thinning. Employee is expected to thin between 16 and 22 rows per day to meet standards.
Weeding: Weed all kind of leaf commodities (baby leaf, romaine, boston, escarole, green leaf, red leaf & cabbage).
The employee will line up in designated rows and they will be using a hoe and/or hands to pull the weeds that are too close to the lettuce (product). One ½ mile row takes approximately 20 to 35 minutes to weed. Employee is expected to weed between 16 and 22 rows per day to meet standards.
Lettuce: The Lettuce Cutters will line up in designated lettuce rows. Workers will bend over each lettuce to cut. After cutting the lettuce, workers will inspect and trim. Workers will then put the lettuce in a bag and put the bag on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutters as they proceed on their rows.
Romaine lettuce: The cutters (Crew of 12) will be taken to designated fields that are ready for harvest, the cuters will line up in front of the harvest machine, the machine has a conveyor belt that goes around the machine bringing in empty boxes, the cuter will bend over, cut and trim the romaine lettuce, put it inside the box or RPC, each container should have 4 lines of 6 romaine lettuce each, they will close the box and put the box on the conveyor belt to be transported to the back of the machine. On the romaine machine there is a platform were closers, stockers, strapers and pallet jack person work, the crew consist of 10 to 14 workers. The workers should always keep in mind that they have to meet Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc quality standards, meeting these standards is a very important part of the job. Cutters will have 5 days to train for this quality standards and quantity of work expected from them. In order to be able to keep up with the machine, workers should be able to cleanly cut: 12-13 heads per minute of Iceberg wrap lettuce heads, 16-18 heads per minute of Romaine flip top, 16-18 heads per minute of Romaine hearts, 16-20 heads per minute of any naked commodity.
Celery: Cutter will be taken to designated field. The Cutter will line up in the designated celery rows. Workers will then proceed to bend over each celery stalk and cut. After cutting each stalk, they will inspect it and cut and trim bottom and top of the stalk, workers will then lay stalks on a stainless steel table that will be continually pushed behind the cutter as they proceed on their rows, workers will never exceed to put more than 8 to 10 stalks of celery on the table at any given time; packers will be behind the stainless steel table packing the celery as the cutters set the celery on the table. The celery orders will be anywhere from a 7-8 inch stalk and a 12-13 inch stalk, workers should always keep in mind that they need to meet Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc quality Standards. Meeting these standards is a very important part of the job; workers will have 5 days to learn the quality Standards. In order to be able to keep up with the machine, A Celery Cutter cuts a minimum of 600 stalks per hour and we expect any new Celery Cutter to meet the same minimum within the first 5 days of work.
Corn: corn puller will first be taken to designated field ready to be cut and harvested for that day. Once the corn puller is properly ready for work, the corn puller will line up in corn rows designated for him to pull. The worker will then proceed to stand in his or her area and bend over to each corn stalk and snap off ears of corn that are available to pull with his hands.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 1 month |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 60 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.
Este tipo de trabajo implica condiciones de trabajo que requieren una resistencia tremenda, un alto nivel de actividad fsica en condiciones de fro o calor extremo bajo la luz solar directa y en condiciones climticas adversas como la lluvia. El trabajo requiere un alto nivel de acondicionamiento fsico.
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 $15.000 por hora |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (South Bay, 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. El empleador realizara las siguientes deducciones: retencion del impuesto a la Seguridad Social y del impuesto federal sobre la renta, segun lo exijan las leyes federales, estatales y locales, adelantos en efectivo, pago excesivo de salarios y cualquier otra deduccion expresamente autorizada por el trabajador por escrito. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26278-280262 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | CCH Bookkeeping, Inc. |
| Posted | Oct 16, 2026 |