Farmworkers And Laborers
ALTA Citrus, LLC (FL #6-Berry/Citrus)
📍 Plant City, FL · Hillsborough County
- ✔ Vivienda ofrecida
- ✔ Transporte diario
Cómo postularse
Contacte directamente al empleador. En inglés, diga el puesto y el número de caso. Número de caso: JO-A-300-26191-091236
- 📞 Teléfono: +1 (863) 452-1230
- ✉️ Correo: michelle@cggamez.com
Instrucciones del empleador
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. Non-local 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 Carlos Gamez at 1110 W. Bell Street, Avon Park, Florida Telephone: 863-452-1230. Collect calls will not be accepted. Walk-in applicants will be accepted. The office hours are Monday thru 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, 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 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.
✉️ Modelo de correo en inglés para postularse
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Subject: Application for Farmworkers And Laborers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26191-091236
Qué va a hacer
Texto original en inglés, tal como se registró en el Departamento de Trabajo.
Workers will perform all job specifications as instructed by the Farm Manager or Crew Supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time and may include all of the following job specifications:
The job requires two months experience in tasks associated with farm experience.
Harvesting Citrus: Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Following the Supervisors instructions, the worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry a 18' to 20' ladder from the field truck to the area of the grove to be harvested. The picking sack is a canvas bag equipped with a shoulder strap for support, an opening for the insertion of fruit, and an opening to remove fruit. A fully loaded sack weighs between approximately 80 and 100 pounds, depending upon the size, condition, and variety of fruit. Worker positions ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, in a secure position to prevent slipping or falling and possible injury to themselves or other workers. Worker will remove fruit from the tree and place into pick sack. When pick sack is full take full sack to fruit tub located in the grove and drop fruit from pick sack into tub. In order to perform this kind of work, worker must be able to work outside for at least 6 hours a day in all kinds of weather and be in possession of the requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the picking process rapidly, working quickly and skillfully with their hands, and carrying a large number of sacks of fruit from the area in which the fruit is being harvested to the location of the tub.
Runner Cutting/Trimming: Worker will walk down row as instructed and cut/trim runners, leaves, and blooms as directed from each strawberry plant as necessary.
Freeze Protection Activities: May assist regardless of time of day, in keeping overhead irrigation rain birds free of ice during freezing weather.
Assist in Plastic Laying: Workers will hold plastic at end of row as machine moves down row unrolling plastic. Workers will even up end of row with a shovel to make them straight, also will clean out ditches at end of row. Unload plastic and drip-tape from truck and load plastic and drip- tape on field machine as needed. May be instructed to remove or reinstall rain bird.
Drip-tape Hook Up: Workers will be required to cut drip-tape at end of bed as instructed and hook up drip-tape to main water line.
Plastic and Drip-tape Removal: Unhook drip-tape from main water line, walk down row while pulling plastic down the bed until it is completely removed. Take removed plastic to proper disposal or burning station, as instructed.
Strawberry Planting: While carrying a bag of strawberry plants, worker will walk down row, while bending, and place one or two plants into each hole in the plastic as instructed and firm dirt around plant.
Weeding: Workers will remove weeds by use of a hoe from the walkway and remove all weeds growing around plants by hand. Workers will remove weeds from the growing area, by raking piles of debris and dispose of it as instructed.
Requisitos
| Estudios | No se exigen |
|---|---|
| Experiencia | 2 meses |
| Otros requisitos | Cargar hasta 100 lb (45 kg) Prueba de drogas |
Alta Citrus may conduct a drug/alcohol test at the employer's expense on all new applicants post-employment.
Beneficios y condiciones
| Horario | 7:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pago | Weekly |
| Información del salario | Strawberry Harvesting: $2.50 per 12-ounce pint flat and up depending upon condition. Estimated hourly wage equivalent is $15.00, or 6 units per hour. $14.00 per hour guaranteed. |
| Tipo de vivienda | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Frostproof, Fl) |
| Vivienda | Employer owned 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. |
| Comidas | The Employer is hiring food preparation workers to prepare three meals a day in their employer own kitchen location at 909 W. Frostproof Road, Frostproof, FL for farmworkers residing at all employer provided housing. As a result, there is no need to have a catering contract, since all food prep responsibilities will be handled by the employer’s internal staff. Alta Citrus will deduct $16.78 per day for the meals daily, subject to change with the publication of new rates by the USDOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification in the Federal Register. |
| Transporte diario | The employer will provide daily transportation to place of employment, and weekly transportation to a banking facility, laundromat, and grocery store, utilizing a fleet of 20 DOL authorized employer owned passenger buses (seating capacity ranging from 22-44) as listed on Alta Citrus’s FLC Certificate which will be operated by an authorized FLCE. See Addendum C |
| Viaje hasta el trabajo | 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 |
| Descuentos del salario | 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. *Please note that if the worker is paid a piece rate for any of these activities, the workers 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. |
Otros lugares de trabajo
- FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Plant City, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Duette, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Arcadia, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Valrico, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Dover, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Lorida, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Zolfo Springs, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Plant City, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
- Duette, FL · 14 sept 2026 – 16 abr 2027 · 99 puestos
| Número de caso | JO-A-300-26191-091236 |
|---|---|
| Ocupación oficial | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Agente o abogado del empleador | Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association |
| Publicado el | 30 jul 2026 |