Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Employer: North Carolina Grower's Association, Inc.
Location: Vass, NC
Workers needed: 40
Pay: $12.84/hour
Season: Nov 6, 2026 – May 15, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
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.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
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.
Transport: 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
Experience wanted: 2 months
2 Month verifiable experience in general farm work with fruits or vegetables is required.
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