Job Description
**FOR STATEWIDE RECRUITMENT**
JOB SEEKERS:  THE EMPLOYER CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THIS JOB ORDER HAS BEEN "SUPPRESSED" TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL REGULATIONS. DO NOT CLICK ON "Apply for This Job" -- INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW .
2025-0230
A. This is an Agricultural Labor Program clearance order for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers. ALL QUALIFIED U.S. DOMESTIC WORKERS (CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS WITH VALID WORK AUTHORIZATION) INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED.
B. Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency (SWA) career center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a career center provides program guarantees and protections that may not be available to a worker not referred. Workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to the employer location to begin work. The employer may use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility.
C. Workers referred to this job by a SWA should report to a career center between 5 and 9 work days before the job start date to verify the job start date is the same. Failure to do so may disqualify the worker from the assurances of this Job Order.
Worksites are located in DeSoto counties.
Housing is located in Arcadia, FL. (DeSoto County)
D. Job Offer: Farm Equipment Mechanic: Works in farm shop to maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery
and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems. Dismantle defective machines for
repair, using hand tools. Record details of repairs made and parts used. Reassemble machines and
equipment following repair, testing operation and making adjustments, as necessary. Clean and
lubricate parts. Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering
equipment, and hand tools. Tune or overhaul engines. Examine and listen to equipment, read
inspection reports, and confer with agricultural equipment operator to locate and diagnose
malfunctions. Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, lathes, welding equipment,
grinders, or saws. Operate light trucks to haul tools, parts and equipment for on-site repair of large
machinery in the field. Fabricate new metal parts, using drill presses, engine lathes, and other
machine tools. Install and repair agricultural irrigation, plumbing, and sprinkler systems. Though not
a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at
the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a
U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license
restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.
Pay: Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) - $21.62 per hour
¾ Guarantee is in effect.
Wage Offer: $21.62 per hour
Piece Rates: No .
Bonus: None
Pay is: Weekly
Employer provides tools/equipment.
Withholding: Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, and any deductions agreed to by the worker in writing.
Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order.
E. Contract period is February 18, 2025 to November 18, 2025 .
Hours: 48 hours per week
Days/Hours: Monday thru Saturday 8 hours per day .
Work may be offered but not required on Sundays and holidays. Extra work hours may be offered based on weather and other conditions.
F. Employer will refund workers living outside commuting distance the reasonable transportation and subsistence costs to report for the first day of work on the 50% date. Will provide workers who complete the contract period the reasonable cost of transportation and subsistence to return to place of recruitment or to report to the next H-2A job.
G. Housing and Board.
Housing: Will provide free housing for workers who arrive from outside daily commuting distance.
Family housing is not available.
Meals (Board): The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers
may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. In addition, and to assure
access to stores where workers can buy groceries.
Housing meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. Rules regarding living accommodations will be found in the Clearance Order. Transportation provided by the employer meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations.
H. Prohibition against preferential treatment of aliens: The employer's job offer must offer to U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers. Job offers may not impose on U.S. workers any restrictions or obligations that will not be imposed on the employer's H-2A workers. This does not relieve the employer from providing to H-2A workers at least the same level of minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions which must be offered to U.S. workers.
I. Mandatory 653.501 Statement: In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service office as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the Job Service office constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party.
Please see ETA 790 for details.
Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $21.62 (minimum) Not Applicable Benefits Provided: Other Other Benefits: Employer provides free housing to H-2A Alien visa holders, and to United States Domestic Workers (U.S. citizens and foreign workers with valid work visa authorizations) who are referred by a SWA Career Source Center and are a) from outside commuting distance, and b) performing the same agricultural work as the H-2A Visa workers.
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