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Farm Worker

  • HZ Harvesting Services Inc.
  • PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
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Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)

Pay
$15.00 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
12/1/2026 to 6/30/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 2 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$15.00 / hour
Positions offered
60 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
12/1/2026
Contract end
6/30/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
5832 CONNELL RD - Mendoza Farms
ZIP code
33567
Hours per week
36

Additional pay information

Strawberries Pick and Pack $2.00 per flat - min 5.5 flats per hour Estimated hourly wage $11.00 - $15.00 per hour Guaranteed

Duties and description

Original English description
  • The farm worker position includes duties associated with the harvesting and packing of strawberries, squash and eggplant. This work can require standing, walking, stooping, bending, and lifting up to 50 pounds for long periods of time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes making important decisions based on size, coloring, and ripeness according to prescribed standards. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers and of the consumers who will purchase and consume the fresh produce grown, harvested, packed, and shipped from the farm.
  • Strawberries: Workers will help install black plastic and drip irrigation on rows in the field being careful to cover all of the exposed edges of plastic cover with soil and being careful not to tear or punch holes in plastic. Workers may be asked to utilize implements associated with the installation of the plastic row covers incidental to performing required tasks on the ground. Workers will remove weeds from around the plants and from the row middles. Workers will bend and stoop to pick up strawberries according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers will be expected to pick fully ripe strawberries, discard any cat-faced, deformed, decaying or undersized berries according to supervisor’s instructions. Also, workers must carefully remove any undesirable berries from the plant that would later cause fungi to attack the plant. Workers may carry full containers to empty them into a field bin or load them onto a trailer. When full, carried to end of rows at designated truck-loading place. Then the buckets of berries will be inspected for quality and loaded for transportation to roadside market. All berries must be handled carefully to prevent bruises or fingernail cuts. Pickers will take extreme care not to damage the delicate berries.
  • Depending on market demand, workers may also be required to pick berries in cups, clamshells and/or flats. Berries harvested specifically for sale at roadside stand as fresh market specialty basket containers must be field graded. For berries harvested for sale at roadside stands, extra care must be used to ensure that each strawberry is undamaged and perfect. All berries must be handled carefully to prevent bruising or fingernail cuts. Pickers will take extreme care not to damage the delicate berries. Quality and workmanship is of the utmost importance.
  • Squash and Eggplant:
  • Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness to not damage or bruise the fruit and vegetables. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be assigned a row or series of rows and required to select and pick produce according to criteria outlined and demonstrated by managers such as size, coloring, and ripeness. They will be responsible for in-field grading and discarding of poor quality, rotting, and/or over-ripened produce. Workers will gently load the good quality produce into containers, taking care to avoid damage or
  • bruising. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs and empty into field bin or load onto trailer.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
2 months of experience

Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense. Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26260-242763
Case status
Acceptance issued

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