Farm Worker
Employer: Sunshine Planting, LLC
Location: O'Brien, FL
Workers needed: 24
Pay: $17.30/hour
Season: Nov 23, 2026 – Jan 25, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Workers will plant broccoli seedlings using a mechanical transplanter by riding on and/or walking behind the transplanter, placing seedlings into prepared planting beds at the proper depth and spacing. Workers will inspect newly planted rows and hand-replace missed, doubled, or damaged seedlings as needed to ensure proper plant spacing and establishment. Workers will keep the transplanter supplied with trays of broccoli seedlings and stage empty trays for return to the greenhouse or nursery. Workers will also assist with minor irrigation line placement or adjustments immediately following planting.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and/or other incidentals.
If free and convenient kitchen facilities become unavailable for any reason, the employer will provide three (3) meals a day for which it will charge individual workers, by payroll deduction, no more than the daily permitted amount as provided in 20 CFR 655.173, which was $16.78 as of April 7, 2026, and which may be increased during the period of this employment.
Transport: Employer will either arrange for inbound and outbound transportation via a charter bus service for the worker, or if the worker prefers to arrange their own transportation, Employer will reimburse the worker at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved as well as for the related daily subsistence costs while the worker is traveling. Please see Work Term 1 of 12 for more detailed Inbound/Outbound Transportation arrangements.
Experience wanted: 0 months
Post-employment drug test is paid for by employer when applicable for safety purposes. Up to 2530 lbs regularly; frequent bending, reaching, and stooping.
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