IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WAGES FOR TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL JOBS
The Department of Labor recently announced new minimum wage rates, called Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs), that employers must offer and pay, at the time work is performed, to nonimmigrant H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment beginning on the effective date of the new wage rates. To see the new hourly AEWRs for non-range occupations (effective January 1, 2023) and the national monthly AEWR for herding or production of livestock work on the range (effective January 1, 2023), please visit: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/wages/adverse-effect-wage-rates
Field Workers
Jacco Farms, Inc.
Watsonville, CA
$18.65 per hour
Recruitment Information
- Telephone Number to Apply:
- +18317769055
- Email address to Apply:
- jaccofarms@aol.com
Job Description
- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 70
- Job Duties:
- *All packing and stacking duties will be done in the field on and on the farm Field Worker - Strawberries Pick, sort and package quality strawberries in fields. Workers will walk in 13-inch dirt rows and bend over picking strawberries behind a picking car that will be provided. Workers will spend approximately 6-10 hours a day bending over in cold, cool, warm, and hot temperatures. Workers will use hand tools, till soil, transplant, weed using long-handled hoes, shoveling, plastic removal, thin, and prune crops, tractor work may be if/when needed training will be provided, installation and removal of irrigation lines but when not performing any of this work, worker will be harvesting strawberries . Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with and directly related to field work, including but not limited to packing strawberries, closing/stacking boxes in and around the field, clean-up functions in and around the field. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
The job/industry classification and description includes general information on the position from ONET/OES and the North American Industry Classification System. Please review Job Duties and Job Order for more information.
Job Requirements
- Experience Required:
- No
- Special Requirements:
- There is no minimum experience requirement. Cannot be colorblind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops. Must be able to use both hands, and able to use shears and other agricultural tools. No smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the dormitories or work fields. Ability to communicate in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. See Addendum C.
- Number of Hours Per Week:
- 36
- Work Schedule (Start/End time):
- 7:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Employer Information
- Company Name:
- Jacco Farms, Inc.
- Location:
- Royal Oaks, CA 95076
- Telephone Number:
- +18317769055
Worksite
- Address:
- 64 Hughes Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
Job Order Details
- ETA Case Number:
- H-300-23027-731227
- Multiple Worksites:
- No
- Additional Wage Information:
- $5.75 per hour base, plus $1.50 per regular crate Dimensions: 20"L x 18"W x 4"D
- Date Posted:
- 2/15/2023