Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop
Employer: Hays Harvesting, Inc
Location: Plant City, FL
Workers needed: 145
Pay: $15.00/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Jun 15, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops: Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Vegetables and Melons, Cucumbers, Bell peppers, Peppers, Squashes, Onions, Eggplant:
Strawberries: Duties may vary from time to time. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Workers will lay plastic to build the beds for strawberries. Workers will walk down row while pulling plastic down the bed until it is completed and will even up end of row with a shovel to make them straight or 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. Run drip irrigation tape along rows and prepare ground covering in fields. While carrying a bag of strawberry plants, workers 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. Workers will walk down row as instructed and cut/trim runners, leaves, and blooms from each strawberry plant as directed. Remove debris from fields using hoes, shovels, baskets, etc. For the strawberry harvest, workers will harvest, sort and gather fruit with their hands. Each worker shall handle berries carefully to avoid bruising. Bruising will weaken the berry. Each worker is expected to move with the crew from row to row to maintain the efficiency level. Each worker must pick the plants clean of all ripe fruit. It is the picker's responsibility to sort good product from contaminated or rotting fruit to ensure produce is routed to appropriate facilities for cleaning and distribution. Upon completion of each box picked, the worker will take his/her completed box to the assigned area (on the farm) to be viewed for grade, palletized and receive credit on his/her picking badge. Upon completion of the assigned row, the worker will move to the next vacant row to be picked. Strawberries grow on low-lying plants, so you must have the endurance and strength to bend over for a long period of time. Workers will need to be kneeled for a long period of time collecting strawberries. Fruit pickers must be detail-oriented, fast, and reliable so they can remove fruit without loss. Workers must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required duties.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers residing in employer-provided housing will be provided free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Transport: Employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.
Experience wanted: 2 months
2 months of farm work experience in agricultural fields. Must be 18 years or older. Applicants need to be familiar with agricultural machinery & safety of (and harm it can do to themselves or others), as well as work in agricultural fields & have some knowledge of food safety, but also need to understand the seriousness of working in extreme climates, especially heat. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. Workers may be offered more than the standard hours of work in a single workday. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available.
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