Nursery Worker
R.M. Gragg and Sons Nursery, LLC
📍 Lenoir, NC · Caldwell County
- ✔ Vivienda ofrecida
- ✔ Transporte diario
Cómo postularse
Contacte directamente al empleador. En inglés, diga el puesto y el número de caso. Número de caso: JO-A-300-26292-309411
- 📞 Teléfono: +1 (828) 754-2965
- ✉️ Correo: rmgraggandsonsnursery@gmail.com
Instrucciones del empleador
All interested local and intrastate candidates should contact their nearest career center for pre-employment screening before contacting the employer. Career center staff may only refer candidates who have been apprised of all the material terms and conditions of employment and have indicated, by accepting referral to the job opportunity, that he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available for employment. Career center staff should email a referral card containing the referral candidates name, address and telephone number to employer first, then instruct the candidate to call the employer directly to schedule a personal interview. Hours for referral candidate to call the employer are 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, excluding all federal holidays. Referral candidates MUST call the employer and schedule an interview appointment prior to coming. No referral candidate is to go to the employers address or work site without a scheduled interview appointment. Candidates recruited from outside normal commuting distance are not required to appear in person for interview. Employer may schedule telephone interview appointments to candidates recruited from outside normal commuting distance.
All interstate applicants interested in this job offer should first contact the nearest career center in their state. Career center staff should contact the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions Ag Services in Raleigh, North Carolina at h2a.joborders@commerce.nc.gov prior to contacting the employer.
Workers should be fully apprised by the local employment office of the terms, conditions and nature of employment prior to referral. Workers recruited against the job offer from within normal commuting distance will not be provided housing, subsistence or transportation. All workers hired under this job order will be required to provide documentation attesting to legal status to work in the United States. All applicants must be able (with or without reasonable accommodation), willing, and qualified to perform all the work described, and must be available for the entire anticipated period of employment.
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Subject: Application for Nursery Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26292-309411
Qué va a hacer
Texto original en inglés, tal como se registró en el Departamento de Trabajo.
Commercial tree nursery worker: Planting, cultivating and harvesting all types of trees growing in fields. Workers will also spray approved chemicals to control pests, weeds and diseases, pinching, pruning, fertilizing, watering, rooting, weeding, loading, transporting, discarding, rotating, grading, storing, and loading and shipping field grown trees according to supervisor’s instructions. Harvesting includes digging up products, balling and securing delicate dirt and root systems in burlap secured with rope, pins or wire, to be stored until ready for shipment in farm staging area. Grading is done by size, shape, and quality. Products are measured and tied for storage and shipment. Duties performed in the field will be sporadic throughout the contract due to the various duties, i.e., planting, pruning, etc. Workers will be required to spray pesticides and herbicides based on training and instructions. Employer will issue appropriate Personal Protective Equipment as appropriate. Worker must be able to carry a loaded 50 lbs. backpack sprayer throughout the entire work day. Workers will also unload supplies from trucks or wagons into fields for transplanting, fertilizing, etc. This work is physically challenging and will be performed in varying weather conditions including, but not limited to, hot, humid, cold, rain, sleet and snow. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. May peer supervise (monitor and direct, only) other workers. May operate and perform minor maintenance on farm vehicles or equipment. May drive pickup truck, van, tractor, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on the farm. May drive pickup truck or van over the public roads to haul products, equipment, farm supplies and other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties and to reach farmer’s fields during the workday, and to transport other workers to grocery stores, laundromat, airport, and governmental agencies, medical and dental offices. Employer assures that the designated driver will be paid the offered wage rate for actual driving time, trips to the gas station, and time spent maintaining the vehicle. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50 lbs. Must not hinder another worker’s productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to work the entire anticipated period of employment. Requires one month verifiable ball and burlap (B&B) experience and one month experience pruning trees based on verbal instruction from supervisor.
Requisitos
| Estudios | No se exigen |
|---|---|
| Experiencia | 1 mes |
| Otros requisitos | Cargar hasta 50 lb (23 kg) Prueba de drogas |
Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 50 lbs. Must not hinder another workers productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to work the entire anticipated period of employment. Requires one month verifiable ball and burlap (B&B) experience and one month experience pruning trees based
Beneficios y condiciones
| Horario | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pago | Weekly |
| Información del salario | Wage offer to H-2A workers only is at least $11.15 per hour. La oferta salarial solo para trabajadores H-2A es de al menos $11.15 por hora. |
| Tipo de vivienda | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Lenoir, Nc) |
| Vivienda | Housing is group housing. If a female worker is hired, separate toilet, shower, and sleeping room will be provided. Family housing is not available and the provision of family housing is not a prevailing practice in the area of intended employment. La vivienda es para grupo. Si se contrata a una trabajadora, se proporcionarn bao, ducha y habitacin separadas. Vivienda para toda la familia no es disponible y la provisin de casa para toda una familia no es imperante para el rea de traba |
| Comidas | The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. In addition, and to assure access to stores where workers can buy groceries, the employer will provide access to one or more passenger vehicles with a GVWR of less than 13 tons and that require a standard driver's license to operate. The passenger vehicle may be used on or off the farm by the workers to transport themselves around the farm during working hours and off-the-farm to the grocery store, bank, etc. outside of working hours at their discretion. Workers are neither required nor expected to arrange for the routine pick-up of another worker or group of workers on a regular schedule at other housing locations or centralized pick-up points. The employer does not control when the workers go to the grocery store during the week or designate any particular worker to drive. The employer will furnish fuel for the vehicle. |
| Transporte diario | Employer will offer voluntary transportation at no cost to those workers living in housing provided by the employer and for commuting workers who report to a designated daily job reporting site. The mode of transportation may be a passenger automobile as follows: car (various sizes) sedan or station wagon, 2-7 passengers; SUV (various sizes/configurations), 2-11 passengers; pickup truck (various sizes/configurations), 2-8 passengers; van, 12-15 passengers. |
| Viaje hasta el trabajo | Inbound transportation and subsistence will be reimbursed at the end of the first work week. The employer will provide or pay for charter bus or van or other modes of inbound and outbound transportation to groups of workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. Mode of transportation to be arranged by the employer is unknown. |
| Descuentos del salario | The employer will make the following deductions from the worker?s wages: FICA, Medicare and income taxes as required by law (unlike U.S. workers, foreign H-2A workers are not subject to payroll tax deductions for FICA, Medicare or federal withholding.); cash advances and repayment of loans; repayment of overpayment of wages to the worker; 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. No deduction not required by law will be made that brings the worker?s hourly earnings below the higher of the federal minimum wage and State minimum wage. |
| Número de caso | JO-A-300-26292-309411 |
|---|---|
| Ocupación oficial | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Agente o abogado del empleador | Andrew Jackson Law P.C. |
| Publicado el | 26 oct 2026 |