Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products
North Carolina Grower's Association, Inc.
📍 Vass, NC · Moore County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26272-267969
- 📞 Phone: +1 (252) 527-0567
- ✉️ Email: lwicker@ncgrowers.org
Employer instructions
To be employed in this SOC 45-2040 Grader Sorter agricultural products job opportunity applicant must have 2-month verifiable general farm work experience in fruit or vegetables. The referral under this job order from the Applicant Holding Office is to be made to: Jay Hill, NCGA P.O.Box 399 Vass, NC 28394 Telephone 252.527.0567. Applicants are screened for compliance with the following criteria: a. Confirm ability (with or without reasonable accommodation), availability, qualifications, willingness to perform all work described and intension to complete; b. Local applicants confirm availability of reliable daily transportation to & from job for entire season. Non-local applicants confirm availability of transportation to job site to begin work; c. Confirmation of full disclosure & acceptance of all terms, conditions, nature of work-job description by local employment service staff; d. Affirmative confirmation of legal authorization to work in the US described below. Growers will accept referrals/applications from any source. All local & interstate (in state) applicants may be referred by the NC State Workforce Agency (NCSWA) directly to NCGA for interview or interested applicants may contact NCGA directly. Interview hours are 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM Monday through Friday, except for federally recognized holidays. Although not required, all interstate (out of state) applicants interested in this job offer are strongly encouraged to solicit the help of the nearest local employment office in their state for a referral to NCGA to insure full disclosure of terms and conditions, and confirm employment start date prior to departing for NC - this will help avoid confusion & mistakes. Interstate SWA's are strongly encouraged to contact the NCSWA Ag Services office in Raleigh, NC at h2a.joborders@commerce.nc.gov prior to contacting NCGA to confirm the terms, conditions & start date of the job. Applicants referred by SWA should be fully apprised by the employment office staff of the terms, conditions & nature of employment prior to referral. Only applicants legally authorized to work in the US & whos possess original identity & employment eligibility documents sufficient to complete USCIS Form I-9, as required by law, should report to work. Applicants referred against this order should be informed they must have these documents in their possession when they arrive at the place of employment to go to work and must present the necessary documents to establish identity and work authorization (as outlined in the list of acceptable documents on I-9 Form) within 3 business days of date employment begins in compliance with the law. Employees who do not comply by the end of third workday will not be allowed to continue working until this requirement has been satisfied. Employer may terminate a worker (foreign 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 & living conditions of other workers. Workers recruited and hired against this job offer from within normal commuting distance will not be provided with housing, subsistence or transportation. Workers may be required to take a drug &/or alcohol test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive may result in immediate termination. Testing is NOT part of the application / interview process & will occur ONLY after employment begins.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Graders And Sorters, Agricultural Products (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26272-267969
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
This application is filed for workers to be employed under the SOC Code 45-2040 Graders Sorters Agricultural
Products. Work will be performed exclusively in the sweet potato packing operation facilities owned and controlled by Barnes Farming Corporation located in Spring Hope NC. There will be no growing operation work activities performed by these employees of Barnes Farming Corporation at any time during this period of employment. This job order is for Barnes Farming Corporation sweet potato packing operations and ONLY in the job descriptions listed below.
All the sweet potato packing work activities will be performed at the Barnes Farming Corporation facility located on the farm in Spring Hope NC.
90%+ of the sweet potatoes that will be packed have been grown by Barnes Farming Corporation and in no single work week, or weekly pay period, will the percentage of Barnes Farming Corporation grown sweet potatoes packed fall below 60%.
During a single pay period when workers employed under this application perform work activities described herein on sweet potatoes grown by an entity other than Barnes Farming Corporation, the workers will be paid overtime (time and ½) at the highest applicable hourly rate for any hours worked over 40 hours in accordance with the Fair Labor Standards Act provisions governing the same.
There are no work activities listed, described or performed that changed the nature of the sweet potatoes being packed between the field harvest and loading on trucks for transport to the marketplace; no cooking, no preserving or processing of any kind. This is exclusively agricultural employment with absolutely no elements of manufacturing.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
2 Month verifiable experience in general farm work with fruits or vegetables is required.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | N/A - no piece rate for activities |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Vass, Nc) |
| Housing | Terms & Conditions for Housing Benefit: Housing will be provided at no cost to workers who live beyond normal commuting distance & are unable to reasonably return to their place of residence the same day. Housing is not provided & is not available to non-workers. If a worker entitled to employer-provided housing elects not to live in the employer-provided housing, the worker must make this election in writing on a form provided by the employer. |
| Meals | Employers will furnish free cooking & kitchen facilities to those workers who are entitled to live in the employers' housing so that workers may prepare their own meals. 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. When free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities are not provided for workers to prepare their own meals the employer will provide workers with 3 meals each day and will charge the actual cost for the meals, by weekly payroll deduction, not to exceed the daily allowable meal charge rate as published in the Federal Register and described in section 20 CFR 655.173 of the regulations. When meals will be provided the employer will issue advanced written disclosure of the related charges. |
| Daily transportation | SECTION ETA 790A/H-2A Clearance Order Addendum C Section F Transportation and Daily Subsistence AddI Disclosure In accordance with regulations found at 20 CFR 655.122(h)(1-4) the following paragraphs under section F are the terms & conditions, in their entirety, related to the transportation benefit & related subsistence benefit, when applicable, provided under this clearance order filed in conjunction with a future H-2A Labor Certification Application. |
| Travel to the job | The following paragraphs related to inbound & outbound transportation pertain only to workers who are not within commuting distance & cannot reasonably return to their place of residence the same day & are, therefore, eligible for the benefit. The Employer will not advance transportation & subsistence costs to the place of employment for any worker. Continues |
| Pay deductions | Any items voluntarily purchased by the worker from grower would be at cost and not result in a profit to the grower. The employer will make the following deductions from the Worker's wages: All deductions required by law, including, but not limited to, FICA taxes, Federal and State Income taxes, court and administratively ordered garnishments and other withholdings as well as for repayment of cash advances and repayment of loans, repayment of overpayment of wages to the Worker, payment for articles which the Worker has voluntarily purchased from the the Employer, long-distance telephone charges, recovery of any loss to the Employer due to the Worker's damage (beyond normal wear and tear) or loss of equipment or housing items where it is shown that the Worker is responsible, and any other reasonable deductions expressly authorized by the Worker in writing, subject to the following. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26272-267969 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (45-2041.00) |
| Posted | Oct 2, 2026 |