Farm Worker
Arch Labor LLC
📍 Elmira, MI · Antrim County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26279-281759
- 📞 Phone: +1 (317) 417-7588
- ✉️ Email: info@archlabor.co
Employer instructions
Interested candidates are to contact their local State Workforce Agency (SWA), job seekers to apply at Michigan Works! One-Stop Service Center at 1-800-285-WORKS (9675) or https://www.michiganworks.org/. Candidates should be fully apprised by the local SWA office of the terms, conditions and nature of employment prior to referral and may be given a copy of the ETA Form 790 and its corresponding attachments. SWA agents who have screened candidates for all season availability, and who are willing, able and qualified to perform the job duties may fax referrals to; or mail them to 4585 Bayberry Lane, Zionsville, IN 46077. Applicants referred on this job order should be advised that they must possess legal, suitable documents to complete Form I-9 as required by USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security.
Person seeking employment as a farm laborer must be available for the entire period requested by the employer, possess 2 months experience hand harvesting produce with verifiable sources, may be subject to a post hire background check at no expense of their own and pass a post-hire free of charge drug test. These steps are intended to ensure that the safety of the work environment and end consumer is not compromised as mandated by the Global G.A.P Audit, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the USDA Good Agricultural Practices & Good Handling Practices Audit. Convictions of criminal conduct that present a potential compromise of food security in accordance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 will be cause for discharge. 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. Although an international or US drivers license is not required, all applicants must be in compliance with Federal, State and local licensing requirements for safe employer vehicle operation. Applicants who have been disbarred from licensing for multiple DUIs will not be eligible.
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Subject: Application for Farm Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26279-281759
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
The farm work position includes duties associated with the planting, cultivation, harvesting of potatoes. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.
Potatoes
Workers will bend and stoop to pick potatoes according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Duties include ride planters and harvesters .Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over-ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or bruising. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer.
General duties include weeding, tree and brush removal, lawn care,cleaning, demo and cleaning up old buildings, repair and maintenance on buildings and equipment, general painting, power washing and polishing, hand digging drainage ditches. Workers will load and unload trucks. Assist with installation and removal of irrigation tubing or pipes. . Workers will perform field cleanup such as the removal of rocks, stumps, plastic, and trash. Workers may be required to cut, split and stack firewood. Workers will perform various duties associated with cleaning trucks, farm buildings and painting. Workers will maintain fences.
Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the vehicle/equipment before operating. All vehicles should be driven in a manner to protect workers, in-field crops, and equipment. Operators should ensure all equipment is functioning correctly before operating. The use of all necessary PPE and safety equipment including wearing of seatbelt at all times when operating farm equipment is mandatory. Workers may assist with the repair, service, and maintenance of farm equipment including the prep, cleaning, lubrication, assembly, inspection, dismantling of equipment parts.
Farm, Field, and Shed Sanitation: Workers may be responsible for maintaining and removing temporary/permanent fences, picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping, raking, using blowers, and mopping floors, cleaning packing line equipment and other similar farm and shed sanitation as part of SOPs and SSOPs within Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), Good Handling Practices (GHPs), and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for Food Safety. This includes personal hygiene and handling the fruit in the field and shed with an emphasis on food safety, sanitizing all harvesting and packing equipment and keeping the fields and shed as clean as possible.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test Background check |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | The pay rate for H2A workers will be at least 13.73 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Elmira, Mi) |
| Housing | Housing Units are comprised of wood frame, mobile home and/or block structures. All structures are built specifically for compliance with the DOL OSHA standards set forth in 29 CFR 1910.142. The units possess beds, showers, lavatories, and space for storing personal items. There is a shared kitchen with ample cooking and refrigeration, provided appliances, a common dining area and laundry facilities. All utilities are provided free of charge. Employees residing in the housing may have mail |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. No charge will be made for the provided beds, appliances, cooking utensils and similar items furnished to workers to whom housing is provided hereunder unless unlawfully removed or damaged beyond normal wear and tear. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) weekly transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. If for any reason the kitchen facilities become unavailable due to fire or calamity, the employer will provide 3 meals per day for which a deduction shall be made until the kitchen facilities become operable. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide free transportation between the employer’s housing and the worksite for any worker who is provided housing. The use of transportation by the worker is voluntary, and no worker will be required as a condition of employment to utilize the transportation offered by the employer. |
| Travel to the job | After a worker has completed fifty percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place the worker came from to the place of work, if such costs are borne by the worker. |
| Pay deductions | The Adverse Effect Wage Rate, the prevailing hourly wage rate, the piece rate, the agreed upon collective bargaining rate, or the federal or state minimum wage rate, whichever is greatest, will be the minimum rate of pay. At the time of submission of this order, the applicable wage is $14.45. The Employer assures that if a change in the AEWR, prevailing hourly wage rate, or federal minimum wage rate requires an increase in the guaranteed minimum, such increase will be paid as of the effective date of the increase. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26279-281759 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Low Country Labor Company |
| Posted | Oct 21, 2026 |