SeasonalJobs.dol.gov

Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

135

Job Duties:

Crops: Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Vegetables and melons, Cucumbers, Bell peppers, Peppers, Squashes, Eggplant 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 of strawberry fields and plant strawberries from containers from specified locations. Workers will walk down row while pulling plastic down the bed until it is completed removed and take removed plastic to proper disposal station as instructed. Workers will walk down row as instructed and cut/trim runners, leaves, and blooms from each strawberry plant as necessary. Fruit pickers harvest, sort and gather fruit with their hands. Gently remove fruit from branches and vines making sure not to damage fruit. Pickers are expected to work quickly and efficiently. Strawberries grow on low-lying plants, so you must have the endurance and strength to bend over for a long period of time. You will need to be kneeled for a long period of time collecting strawberries. Once you have removed fruit from the plant you will need to place them in a bucket carefully so no injury may occur to them. Once the container is full, you will take to the shed or designated quality area (located on the farm). Fruit pickers must be detail-oriented, fast, and reliable so they can remove fruit without loss. Prune strawberry bushes by hand using pruning shears and loppers. Remove debris from fields using hoes, shovels, baskets, etc. Worker 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. Fruit harvesters must carefully, yet quickly, inspect fruit and bushes for signs of disease, insect manifestations, worms, rot and remove or replace bushes as directed by farm manager. 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. Shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches, and trenches. Duties may include tilling soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, pulling weeds, raking, cleaning around shed area, thinning or pruning crops, applying pesticides, cleaning, grading, and packing harvested product. Inspect field irrigation systems; replace damaged pipes, valves, water jets, sprinklers, etc. using necessary equipment. Use hand tools such as: shovels, hoes, brooms, scissors, shears, trowels, tampers, pruning hooks and knives. Duties also include cleaning, loading, and unloading harvested products. May be asked to drive a tractor in Strawberry fields spraying herbicides, spreading fertilizer, plowing, and laying plastic. May be asked to transport containers (flats) from field to packing house via truck or tractor (located on farm). Blueberries and Blackberries: Manually plant, cultivate, harvest, sort, and grade blueberries and blackberries. Prune bushes using pruning shears and loppers. Workers may receive adequate harvesting equipment to harvest and carry 2- 1-gallon picking buckets as they move down assigned rows picking all ripe berries, placing them in the bucket.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

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.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:15 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Hays Harvesting, Inc

Location:

Okeechobee, FL 34972

Worksite

Address:

Berry Sweet Acres: 5617 GLEN HARWELL ROAD, Plant City, FL 33566

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26161-003380

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$14.00/hr (H-2A wage)

Date Posted:

6/26/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

Share