Farmworker, Nursery Position Available In Rankin, Mississippi

$14.53
Per Hour Farmworker, Nursery
(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Flowood, MS – 39232
Positions available: 7
Job #: 12485762

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

5/13/2025

Updated:

5/13/2025

Expires:

7/10/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Not Specified

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

I-2025-0360

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INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. I-2025-0360 A.

This is an Agricultural Labor Program clearance order for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.

ALL QUALIFIED U.S. DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND NON-CITIZENS WITH VALID WORK AUTHORIZATION

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INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED. B.

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency (SWA) career center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a career center provides program guarantees and protections that may not be available to a worker not referred. Workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to the employer location to begin work. The employer may use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a SWA should report to a career center between 5 and 9 work days before the job start date to verify the job start date is the same. Failure to do so may disqualify the worker from the assurances of this Job Order. Worksites are located in Rankin County Mississippi. The housing is in Rankin County Mississippi. D.

Job Offer:

7 general farmworkers. Performs job duties related to bedding plants, shrubs, small trees.
Bedding plants prepare soil/growth media, fill pots; propagate, pot/re-pot, and transplant;
prepare cold frames, hot beds; work on potting line (transplant seedlings/move to growing
area), prepare baskets/decorative plant arrangements.
Plant care water, weed, prune, mulch, fertilize. Field work (outside) cultivate, condition soil
(haul/spread topsoil/additives, mulch, rake,), transfer plants, irrigate, spray, weed, etc. Shrubs
and small trees prune, transplant, tie up tree tops, wrap bare root trees with burlap Market
preparation tie, bunch, wrap, price, tag select/pack products to fill orders, move/stack stock to
storage areas Miscellaneous duties dig ditches, clean/repair fence/fence rows Worksite
maintenance clean/repair pots, tools/equipment, clean/repair nursery/greenhouse/work areas,
mow grass, grounds’ keeping, put on/remove plastic from cold frame houses Load/unload
trucks 50 lb. bags, pinestraw bales, equipment, products, etc. Pay – Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR): $14.53 per hour guarantee. ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$14.53 per hour

Piece Rates:

See ETA 790.

Bonus:

None.

Pay is:

Weekly. Employer provides tools/equipment.

Withholding:

Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, and any deductions agreed to by the worker in writing. Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order. E. Contract period is February 10, 2025 to December 7, 2025.

Hours:

50 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday thru Saturday 7.5 hours per day. Work may be offered but not required on Sundays and holidays. Extra work hours may be offered based on weather and other conditions. F. Employer will refund workers living outside commuting distance the reasonable transportation and subsistence costs to report for the first day of work on the 50% date. Will provide workers who complete the contract period the reasonable cost of transportation and subsistence to return to place of recruitment or to report to the next H-2A job. G.

Housing and Board:

See ETA 790. Meals (Board): See ETA 790. Housing meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. Rules regarding living accommodations will be found in the Clearance Order. Transportation provided by the employer meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. H. Prohibition against preferential treatment of aliens: The employer’s job offer must offer to U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers. Job offers may not impose on U.S. workers any restrictions or obligations that will not be imposed on the employer’s H-2A workers. This does not relieve the employer from providing to H-2A workers at least the same level of minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions which must be offered to U.S. workers. I. Mandatory 653.501(A)

Statement:

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