Nursery Worker (45-2092.00)
Red Oak Nursery LLC
📍 Moss Point, MS · Jackson County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26308-343318
- 📞 Phone: +1 (228) 588-2370
- ✉️ Email: redoak1969@gmail.com
Employer instructions
Interested local and intrastate (in state) applicants are to apply directly to the employer, between the hours of 9:00 am 3:00 pm Monday Thursday. All applicants may apply at their local State Workforce Office. Interested candidates are to review the terms, conditions, and nature of employment as shown on the ETA 790 and its corresponding attachments. Candidates who may legally work in the United States may contact the employer to set up an in-person interview. Applicants should call William Goff at (228) 588-2370 between the hours of 9:00 am 3:00 pm Monday Thursday. 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 once the employer has received written confirmation that all required disclosures have been made. Completing an application and giving written confirmation that all disclosures have been made is part of the hiring process.
Applicants should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment prior to referral. Applicants 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 applicants confirm availability of reliable daily transportation to and from the job site for the entire season. Non-local applicants confirm availability of transportation to job site to begin work, 3) confirmation of full disclosure of all terms, conditions, 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.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Nursery Worker (45-2092.00) (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26308-343318
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crops: Azaleas, Grasses, Junipers, Vines, Small Trees, Ornamentals, Nandinas, Hollies, and Flowering Shrubs and Vines, etc.
Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity. Workers must work at a sustained (continuing for an extended period of time without interruption), vigorous pace (quick and steady) and make bona fide efforts (made in earnest intent) to work efficiently (performing or functions in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort) and consistently (same way for a long time) that are reasonable under the climatic and other working conditions, Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles. Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks. Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect worker’s ability to perform the work described herein.
Greenhouse/Nursery: Workers may be required to perform any combination of the following duties (all of which are outside) 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.
Manually plant, cultivate and harvest horticultural specialties and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning, hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling & mixing soil & applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, or cleaning, grading, sorting loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farms building or participate in irrigation activates.
Planting: workers will be required to plant trees, shrubs, and other plants. Workers may do this by hand digging a whole into the ground and placing plant in the hole and covering with dirt or soil. Workers may also work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and planting wagons as an incidental activity to planting. Workers may be required to work on the ground planting trees and shrubs that are fed through a tractor pulled planter-using shovels.
Pruning: When pruning, it is vital to prune the unwanted branch while protecting the stem or trunk wood of the tree/shrub. While pruning trees and shrubs, workers will receive proper tools for the particular job, i.e. - saw, prunes and had snips. These tools will be returned to the employer at the end of the task. The cost of the tools destroyed maliciously or lost carelessly will be deducted from the workers’ wages. The supervisor will set a standard or pattern and will demonstrate and communicate this to workers. Workers will be assigned rows of trees and must prune each tree according to the predetermined standard, Workers must remove all resulting material from the trees rendered from performing pruning tasks. When pruning is complete on each tree, each worker is required to rake and scatter the resulting brush in the center of the tractor/equipment rows.
Bare Root Products: Workers will handle a variety of bare root products. Workers will propagate, plant, cultivate, harvest, and prepare products for shipment.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
All applicants must have at least 2 months experience working in a diverse tree and shrub nursery. Workers must possess a valid drivers license or obtain one within thirty days of hire. Workers will operate trucks and other farm equipment both on site and on public roadways. 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 | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Moss Point, Ms) |
| Housing | Mobile Home |
| 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. a) Incoming: The Employer will not advance transportation and subsistence costs to workers for transportation to or from the place of employment. Employer will reimburse workers as outlined in the regulations the most economical cost of transportation. If there are a sufficient number of workers, employer may arrange for a worker paid charter and reimburse workers as required in the regulation |
| 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. |
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- Moss Point, MS · Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 3 openings
- Moss Point, MS · Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 3 openings
- Moss Point, MS · Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 3 openings
- Moss Point, MS · Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 3 openings
| Case number | JO-A-300-26308-343318 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Posted | Nov 4, 2026 |