Farmworkers and Laborers Crops

H2ajobs; Frostproof (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Employer-provided meals

Weekly transportation to stores

Job summary

H2ajobs in Florida is seeking hard-working field laborers for diverse agricultural duties, including citrus harvesting, weeding, planting, and blueberry work. Tasks require physical stamina and the ability to lift up to 50 lbs while working outdoors under supervision.

Housing and meals are provided, with weekly transportation to town and laundry facilities. This on-site role emphasizes safety, teamwork, and reliability in a busy farming environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in manual labor or farm work.
• Ability to perform physically demanding tasks in outdoor conditions.
• Willingness to lift up to 50 lbs and work long hours.

Responsibilities

• Harvest citrus by hand using a sack and ladder under supervisor guidance.
• Walk fields to weed around plants using hands or a hoe.
• Assist with general caretaking of the grove, including irrigation line maintenance.
• Plant or replant crops; involve heavy shovel work and possible mechanical planter.
• Blueberry planting: place plants in prepared holes and firm soil.
• Blueberry harvesting: pick ripe fruit by hand into a bucket.
• Blueberry packing: inspect, sort, and pack berries in fields or packing house.
• Housing and meals provided; weekly shuttle to stores and for laundry.
• Transport reimbursement after 50% of contract per company policy.

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as described in this clearance order,

Citrus Harvesting: Harvesting citrus fruit by hand under supervisor’s instructions. The worker will place a picking sack over their shoulder and carry an 18’ to 20’ ladder from the field truck to the particular 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 the ladder against the tree and within reach of the fruit in a secure, leaning position, taking care not to break limbs, damage the tree, knock off fruit, or interfere with other workers, ensuring a secure position to prevent slipping or falling. Worker will remove fruit from the tree by hand and place it into the picking sack. When the picking sack is full, the worker will transport the full sack to the designated fruit tub or bin.

Hand weeding: Workers will walk through the fields pulling the weeds around the plants using their hand or a hoe.

General Field Caretaking: Assisting with tree treatments under supervisor direction, removal of grove debris, assisting with irrigation line maintenance and repair, and general grove maintenance.

PLANTING : All crops. Worker will plant and/or replant as needed. These tasks will include repetitive and physically demanding shovel work. Worker may lift up to 50lbs. Worker may be required to ride a mechanical planter (training will be provided). Worker may be required to hand plant using tools such as a spade or hand trowel.

Blueberry Planting: While carrying a bag of blueberry plants, the worker will walk down rows, bend, and manually place one or two plants into each prepared hole in the plastic ground covering as instructed, firmly packing the dirt around the base of the plant.

Blueberry Harvesting: By hand, the worker will walk down the berry field rows where the blueberries are to be harvested. The worker will place a 1-gallon picking bucket with a strap over their shoulder. The 1-gallon picking bucket is a rigid or canvas container equipped with a shoulder strap for support. Worker positions themselves in front of the berry bush and will carefully remove the ripe fruit from the bush by hand and place it into the bucket, taking care not to break limbs, damage the plant, or knock off unripe fruit. When the 1-gallon picking bucket is full, the worker will take it to the truck at the end of the row and unload the fruit into a small tub or shipping container.

Blueberry Packing (Field and Packing House) Workers will be responsible for harvesting and packing blueberries both in the field and in the packing house. In the field, workers will hand-pick ripe blueberries, ensuring proper handling to prevent damage, and place them in designated containers. In the packing house, workers will inspect, sort, and separate berries according to size, color, and quality standards provided by the employer. Workers will remove debris, damaged, or unripe fruit, and pack market-ready berries into clamshells or boxes according to quality standards. Tasks may also include labeling, stacking, and preparing product for shipment. The packing house work is limited exclusively to the crops produced by the fixed-site grower; no commercial packing for outside entities will be performed.

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. Also will provide transportation once per week to go to the stores and do laundry.

Transport: 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.

Experience wanted: 1 months

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.