Farmworker; Diversified 45-2092.00
Cottle Holdings Inc. dba
📍 Hopkins, SC · Richland 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-300-26314-354275
- 📞 Teléfono: +1 (803) 695-1714
- ✉️ Correo: cottlefarms@aol.com
- 🌐 Sitio web: cottlestrawberryfarm.com
Instrucciones del empleador
Interested local and intrastate (in state) applicants should contact their local State Workforce Office to receive a copy of the ETA 790 and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job order they may apply directly to employer by calling Hunter Bulloch at 803-695-1714 Monday Thursday 9:00 am until 3:00 pm to schedule an 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. Participation and monitoring of the interview process by SWA staff guarantees 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 USCIS 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.
Qué va a hacer
Texto original en inglés, tal como se registró en el Departamento de Trabajo.
Workers will perform essential manual labor tasks involved in the comprehensive cultivation, management, and harvesting of diverse agricultural crops including strawberries, pumpkins, flowers, blueberries, and blackberries.
Core Duties and Responsibilities:
• Crop Cultivation and Harvesting: Manually plant, cultivate, transplant, thin, weed, prune, and harvest field crops and horticultural specialties. Operate standard hand tools and machinery-such as tractors, shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives-to maintain crop health.
• Soil and Irrigation Management: Participate in soil preparation, including tilling, mixing soil, and applying fertilizers. Assist with irrigation activities and general farm infrastructure maintenance, such as constructing trellises and repairing fences or farm buildings.
• Post-Harvest Operations: Clean, grade, sort, and load harvested products efficiently.
• Strawberry Nursery Operations: Assist with planting, weeding, and removing initial berries from plants on a regular rotational schedule. Hand-harvest nursery plants following tractor undercutting, clean excess soil, bundle plants in standard quantities (26 per bundle), and secure roots properly to prevent sun exposure and dehydration.
• Greenhouse Operations: Handle seed propagation tasks, including seeding trays, stacking, moving materials to germination hot rooms, and transferring germinated trays to greenhouses.
Physical Requirements and Performance Standards:
• Physical Endurance: Workers must possess the physical strength and endurance required to perform repetitive harvesting and cultivation activities throughout the workday with speed and skill.
• Work Pace: Employees are expected to maintain a sustained, vigorous, and consistent pace, working efficiently under varying climatic and operational conditions.
• Health and Safety Considerations: Candidates must note that potential exposure to agricultural allergens-including ragweed, goldenrod, and agricultural chemicals (such as insecticides)-may affect individuals with specific sensitivities.
Sanitation and Workplace Policies:
• Hygiene Compliance: To ensure food safety and general personal well-being during the hand-harvesting of crops for human consumption, all personnel must strictly adhere to established sanitation protocols.
• Handwashing Mandate: Workers are required to thoroughly wash their hands with soap and water after all rest/meal breaks, following restroom use, and before entering fields or packing facilities.
• Environmental Cleanliness: Littering is strictly prohibited; workers must dispose of all waste and discarded items exclusively in designated receptacles.
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.
Requisitos
| Estudios | No se exigen |
|---|---|
| Experiencia | 2 meses |
| Otros requisitos | Cargar hasta 75 lb (34 kg) Prueba de drogas |
Must have two months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to post accident drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.
Beneficios y condiciones
| Horario | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pago | Weekly |
| Información del salario | $11.02 for H2a workers per hour |
| Tipo de vivienda | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Hopkins, Sc) |
| Vivienda | Housing is provided at no cost to workers who are not reasonably able to return the same day to their place of residence. |
| Comidas | 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. |
| Transporte diario | 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. |
| Viaje hasta el trabajo | 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 regulations |
| Descuentos del salario | 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. |
Otros lugares de trabajo
- Hopkins, SC · 17 ene 2027 – 16 nov 2027 · 39 puestos
- Florence, SC · 17 ene 2027 – 16 nov 2027 · 39 puestos
| Número de caso | JO-A-300-26314-354275 |
|---|---|
| Publicado el | 10 nov 2026 |