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
Farm Workers and Laborers
Abel Garcia
Lake Park, GA
$13.67 per hour
Recruitment Information
- Telephone Number to Apply:
- +19124224334
- Email address to Apply:
- laborworkllc@gmail.com
- Web address to Apply:
- www.employga.com
Job Description
- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 24
- Job Duties:
- EMPLOYEES WILL HARVEST, HAND PICK, PLANT, PACK ON FIELD SITE, PRUNE, FERTILIZE, COUNT, LOAD AND UNLOAD BLUEBERRY, JALAPENO, BELL PEPPER, CUCUMBER, SQUASH, EGGPLANT, TOMATOES, AND CABBAGE. THEY WILL ALSO BE PULLING PLASTIC, LAYING PLASTIC, STRINGING, TRIMMING AND PRUNING, PULLING WEEDS, RAKING, CLEANING AREAS AROUND THE FARMS AND BUILDINGS. OTHER DUTIES MAY INCLUDE FIELD MAINTENANCE, CAMP SANITATION, LOADING AND UNLOADING. THIS WILL ALL BE DONE UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS. HEAVY LIFTING, BENDING AND STOOPING WILL BE INVOLVED ON A DAILY BASIS.
- 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:
- 1
- Special Requirements:
- 52LB LIFTING TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER HEAVY BENDING AND STOOPING REPETITIVE MOVEMENTS 2 DAY TRAINING WITH EMPLOYER. The training period for all crop activities is 2 days starting with the first day of employment to acclimate the worker to the physical demands of farm work and to familiarize workers with the job specifications and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues.
- Number of Hours Per Week:
- 35
- Work Schedule (Start/End time):
- 7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Employer Information
- Company Name:
- Abel Garcia
- Location:
- Pearson, GA 31642
- Telephone Number:
- +19124224334
Worksite
- Address:
- 1195 Sardis Church Rd., Lake Park , GA 31616
Job Order Details
- ETA Case Number:
- H-300-23286-430320
- Multiple Worksites:
- No
- Additional Wage Information:
- $0.50 per pound of blueberry picked by hand. Estimated hourly wage rate equivalent for this piece rate is $16.00/hr, based on workers picking 32 lbs of blueberry picked by hand per hour on average. Guaranteed $13.67/hr.
- Date Posted:
- 10/30/2023