Construction worker

Farmworker Laborer Crop in Canterbury, CT

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Hart's Greenhouse & Florist LLC
Where: Canterbury, CT
Places: 17
Pay: $16.94 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-01
Ends: 2027-07-01
Filed: 2026-10-19

What the work involves

Greenhouse work, i.e. seeding, sticking, cuttings, transplanting on an automated production line, tagging, assembling hanging plants, spacing pots, watering, mixing fertilizer, cleaning, sweeping, moving plants outdoors, pulling orders of annuals, sleeving plants, loading plants on transport racks, rolling racks onto trucks. Filling pots and trays with growing mix, picking rocks, cutting and stacking brush and wood, planting vegetables fields with mechanical transplanters, hoeing, weeding. General care of livestock, including goats and horses, specifically during the pasture season, including but not limited to, feeding, watering, herding, grazing, moving, cleaning and maintaining animal areas. Duties may include but are not limited to, operate farm equipment and farm vehicles for agricultural purposes, and facility maintenance. Harvesting, loading and stacking hey, repairing and maintaining farm buildings and fences. Once month experience in all duties listed. 1 worker to start around 1/1/27, 8 workers to start around 2/1/27, 8 workers to start around 3/8/27

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,931 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification