Farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
Brite Leaf: 480 CR 416 South
Lake Panasoffkee, FL 33538
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Duties may include tilling & mixing soil, filling nursery pots with soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning plants, tagging, cutting sprouts, grafting citrus, and cleaning plants. Workers may plant seeds by hand, replant plants into larger pots, and participate in watering plants. Workers will also be expected to inspect plants for damage or disease and report findings to supervisors. Workers may also prepare or pack plants for shipping which takes place in the greenhouse. Workers will cover & maintain, clean & organize greenhouses & area around grounds. Greenhouses and sheds will need to be cleaned and organized after use. Workers will not drive trucks, however, they will be expected to sweep and clean out delivery trucks for next day's deliveries. Workers will use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives.
Special Requirements
Workers must be 18 years or older. The employer may conduct a criminal background check on all new applicants for employment at owners expense. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. lifting requirement of 5 to 30 lbs. Valid drivers license/driving authorizations required to operate company vehicles. Workers may be offered more than the standard hours of work in a single workday. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Hours of work may increase/decrease depending on crop yield and or weather and can occur at any time throughout the season. The majority of the workday is spent on ones feet. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time.