Farm Worker
HZ Harvesting Services Inc.
About this opportunity
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 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.
- Dates
- Dec 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2027
- Duration
- ~7 months
- Experience
- 2 month(s)
- Category
- agriculture
Requirements
- Experience: 2 month(s)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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 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.
- bruising. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs and empty into field bin or load onto trailer.
Work authorization
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- Work authorization
- H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker
- International candidates
- Yes
- Employer sponsorship
- Required
- Confirmation
- Confirmed by source
- Official source
- U.S. Department of Labor
Benefits & conditions
- Housing
- Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — All structures are built specifically for compliance with the DOL OSHA standards set forth in 29 CFR 1910.142. The units possess beds, showers, lavatories, and space for storing personal items. All utilities are provided free of charge. Employees residing in the housing may have mail directed to their respective addresses.
- Transportation
- The employer will provide free transportation between the employer’s housing and the worksite for any worker who is provided housing. The use of transportation by the worker is voluntary, and no worker will be required as a condition of employment to utilize the transportation offered by the employer. The employer will utilize , IN SHIFTS, the vehicle listed below: Vehicles Yr. Make Model Capacity 2002 FREIGHTLINER THOMAS BUS 56
How to apply
- hernanzamora6@gmail.com
- Phone
- +18639935712
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- Case number
- JO-A-300-26260-242763
- Verification
- Last verified: September 20, 2026
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