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
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crops
Hydro Farm Pagan, Inc.
Ciales, PR
$9.70 per hour
Recruitment Information
- Telephone Number to Apply:
- +17876161120
- Email address to Apply:
- agropagan@gmail.com
Job Description
- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 6
- Job Duties:
- Prepare the soil for planting and harvesting vegetables and farinaceous (coriander, lettuce, and bananas). Preharvest and postharvest activities are required. The work includes tasks, such as seed germination, transplanting, monitoring, packing, maintaining irrigation and drainage system, weeding, cultivation, fertilizing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting vegetables and farinaceous. Most of the workdays are spent on one's feet, with constant movement as they move from one site to another. Workers must be able to stand, walk uphill and downhill, sit, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, lift, and carry items weighing in the range of 5 to 75 pounds. Driving and operating passenger vehicles and farm equipment may be required. Workers are required to work seven (7) hours per day. The worker may be requested, but not required to work up to 12 hours per day and/or Federal Holidays, as well as Saturdays, depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, and maturity of the crop. Overtime will be paid, if applicable, under state or federal law. The manager or supervisor will notify workers at the end of the workday if there is any change in the start and time anticipated hours of work for the following day. Regular attendance by all workers during scheduled hours of the workday and /or work period is expected. Unsatisfactory attendance: including reporting late, excessive requests to leave before the end of the workday, doing work outside the scope of the H2A Visa, not abiding by housing, or transport regulations, etc., may be cause for disciplinary action. Workers must call their manager or supervisor at least one day before the start of the workday if they do not expect to be in on time. Further information on the Employer's Attendance Policy is in the Employee Handbook. See Addendum C for Spanish Language. Ver Adendum C para Espanol.
- 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:
- Yes
- Months of Experience Required:
- 3
- Special Requirements:
- See Addendum C for Spanish Language. Ver Adendum C para Espanol.
- Number of Hours Per Week:
- 35
- Work Schedule (Start/End time):
- 6:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.
Employer Information
- Company Name:
- Hydro Farm Pagan, Inc.
- Location:
- Ciales, PR 00638
- Telephone Number:
- +17876161120
Worksite
- Address:
- Road 615, Km. 7.2 Int. Pozas Ward, Ciales, PR 00638
Job Order Details
- ETA Case Number:
- H-300-23200-200776
- Multiple Worksites:
- No
- Date Posted:
- 8/7/2023