Horticultural Worker 45-2092.00
Cottage Hill Nursery Inc
📍 Irvington, AL · Mobile County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26236-188896
- 📞 Phone: +1 (251) 957-2535
- ✉️ Email: resume@cottagehillnursery.com
Employer instructions
Interested local and intrastate (in state) applicants should first call to schedule an appointment to ensure employer is available. Applicants may email resume to resume@cottagehillnursery.com or contact Traci Grantham at (251) 957-2535 Monday Thursday 9:00 am until 3:00 pm to schedule an in-person interview. NO APPLICANTS ARE TO JUST SHOW UP WITHOUT A SCHEDULED INTERVIEW. Workers should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment prior to referral. This will enable applicants to review all the information and make an informed decision about the job and will ensure compliance with disclosure requirements. Interstate (out of state) and Intrastate (in state) candidates will be interviewed over the phone. Over the phone interviews (for non-local applicants) will be done once employer has received written confirmation that the employer has complied with all disclosure requirements in accordance with MSPA 20 CFR 500.76. (See attached referral packet). Participation and monitoring of the interview process by SWA staff guarantee proper disclosure of the terms and conditions and protects the integrity of the interview process. Workers should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment prior to referral. This will enable applicants to review all the information and make an informed decision about the job and will ensure compliance with disclosure requirements. Completing an application is part of the interview process
Workers should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment prior to referral. Workers are screened for compliance with the following criteria: 1) confirm ability, availability, qualifications, and willingness to perform work described and confirm intention to work the entire season, 2) local workers confirm availability of reliable daily transportation to and from the job site for the entire season. Non-local workers confirm availability of transportation to job site to begin work, 3) confirmation of full disclosure of all terms, condition, and nature of work-job by local employment staff, 4) affirmative confirmation of legal qualifications to work in the US as described below. The employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to the employment service if employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers. Workers recruited against the job order from within normal commuting distance will not be provided with housing, subsistence, and transportation.
Only workers legally entitled to work in the United States and who posses original identity and employment eligibility documents sufficient to complete INS Form I-9, as required by the Immigration and Nationality Act, will be permitted to complete the hiring process. Workers referred against this order should be informed that they must have these documents in their possession when they arrive at the place of employment. Provided that workers complete section 1 of form I-9, workers will have three business days to produce the required documentation to complete section 2 of form I-9, as provided in the Act. Workers not providing this documentation will not be allowed to go to work on the fourth business day of employment, or any subsequent days until the documentation is provided, as provided in the Act.
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Subject: Application for Horticultural Worker 45-2092.00 (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26236-188896
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Greenhouse/Nursery: Workers may perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivation, and otherwise participating in horticultural activities: haul, spread, dig, rake, and mix media to prepare the growing areas for production; cover and fill cold frames and greenhouses in preparation for planting; haul, plant, spray, weed, water, prune, trim, shape and space products; fertilize with granular or liquid fertilizer; tie, bunch, wrap, and pack trees and shrubs to fill orders and load onto trucks for marketing; work on potting line, in a greenhouse, or in an outdoor production area transplanting seedlings and liners into containers and place in growing area.
Propagation and Liners: Workers will fill flats with potting soil in preparation for planting. Filled flats will be stacked and transported to planting areas. Workers will then stick cuttings or plant plugs or seedlings into flats as instructed by supervisor. Planted flats will be tagged and provided all necessary horticultural needs.
Potted Plants/Hanging Baskets: Workers will fill pots/baskets with potting soil in preparation for planting. One or more transplants will be planted in each container as specified by supervisor. Completed containers will be watered and placed in growing area for finishing. Workers may be required to install hangers and tags on pots or baskets. Workers may be required to place watering tubes into containers to facilitate the irrigation process.
Trees and Shrubs: Workers will be working with flowering trees and shrubs. Workers will plant, cultivate, harvest, propagate, grade, store and ship container and field grown horticultural products. Harvesting crops may include grading and tagging. Some harvesting may require digging up products and placing on pallets. Grading is done by size. Products are measured, tied in bundles and placed in storage for shipment. Workers will harvest seed and/or take cuttings from trees and shrubs, place in containers pre-filled with growing media and transplant cuttings and seedlings to prepared areas.
Bare Root Products: Workers will handle a variety of bare root products. Workers will propagate, plant, cultivate, harvest, and prepare products for shipment.
GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL CROPS: Fieldwork begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work is performed during light rain and in high humidity and in temperatures ranging from 100 (+) degrees to 35 degrees F. Workers will work on their feet in bent, stooped, and crouched positions for long periods of time. Workers will make fast, simple, repeated movements of fingers, hands, and wrists. Workers must be able to bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with the body, arms, and/or legs. Workers will use muscles to lift, push, pull, or carry heavy objects, such as trees or potted plants. These could/will weigh 75 lbs. Workers will supply their own work clothes. All the tasks in this Job Description constitute one (1) job; the employer may assign workers to different tasks on any day or to multiple tasks during the same day in the sole judgment of the employer. Workers may be required to perform work on the farm that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application, such as performing hand cultivation tasks, weeding, or hoeing, cleaning and repairing farm buildings, seed beds, racks, or grounds, operate tractor/farm equipment, incidental crop set up, move irrigation pipes and equipment, gardening, weeding and shrubbing, etc. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Horticulture Workers, SOC code 45-2092.01. This is a very demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must be rigorously adhered to. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 75 lb Drug test |
Must have three months experience working in agriculture/horticulture. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:45 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Irvington, Al) |
| Housing | Brick and Mobile |
| Meals | Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week the employers will offer to provide (on a voluntary basis by the workers) free transportation to assure workers access to the closest store where they can purchase groceries. In the event kitchen facilities are not available workers staying in employer housing will be provided 3 meals per day at the current subsistence rate as posted in the federal register. |
| Daily transportation | Workers staying in employer housing: Workers will be provided free employer owned transportation to and from work daily from the housing. Daily transportation schedule will coincide with the work schedule outlined on this application, or as agreed upon between employer and employee based on seasonal demands and/or workload. If needed multiple trips will be made if needed. Transportation to worksite may also include tractors or other self-propelled farm equipment. |
| Travel to the job | At the filing of this job order that is not known based on appointment availability at the consulate. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions from the Worker's wages: FICA taxes, Medicare, Local, State (if applicable) and Federal Income tax as required by law. Workers will be charged for the following: cash advances and repayment of loans, meals (if applicable) repayment of overpayment of wages to the worker, and any other charges expressly authorized by the Worker in writing. No deduction not required by law will be made that brings the worker’s hourly earnings below the statutory federal or state minimum wage. There may be deductions that reduce your pay below the stated contract wage; but will not reduce your pay below Federal or State Minimum Wage, whichever is higher. FICA, State and Federal taxes will not be deducted from those worker’s wages that are working under a temporary, agricultural visa, unless it’s discovered it is required or if the worker request withholding and the employer agrees to do so as stated by the IRS. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26236-188896 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | National Ag Consulting |
| Posted | Aug 26, 2026 |