Nursery Worker

Job description

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock.
Greenhouse:
Workers may be asked to obtain appropriate pesticide training licenses. The worker will work in greenhouse facility spraying, weeding, fertilizing, trimming, and watering plants. Other activities include but not limited to lifting, carrying, loading/unloading plants supplies and other manual tasks. Cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Stick cuttings and transplant liners by hand or mechanical planter. Stick plant cutting into medium. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Worker will be exposed and not limited to standing, bending, stooping and kneeling for long periods of time. In addition, worker will be exposed to but not limited to moderate to loud noises and outdoor weather conditions in all seasons, including variable temperatures; wet, hum and heat. Also work requires repetitive movements, extensive walking, standing, bending and kneeling. Workers may assist in handling product weighing up to 50 pounds.

Workers will work with growers to hand water plants, utilizing various watering methods; including watering with hose, nozzle, watering booms, hand watering and various other specialized techniques. Workers will also perform electronic watering programming on automatic electronic watering booms.

General Farm Labor:
Some of the work required from the worker to be performed that is incidental to farming crops listed in this application may be described as performing hand cultivation duties, weeding or hoeing crops, cleaning, repairing seed beds and racks, setting up and moving irrigation pipes and equipment. Tasks the worker must be able to perform include: apply mulch by row mulcher or by hand; apply ground cover to beds using machine or by hand; remove debris from bed preparation process to clean growing area; finish row ends with shovels provided by employer; unload plants by hand from trucks and move plants to planting location by hand; assist in pest controls; install culverts for field drainage; remove and reinstall sprinklers during bed preparation, re-plant missing or unhealthy plants as directed; remove blossoms (de-blossom) to improve quality; remove debris, boxes, and discarded plants from fields to keep clean growing areas; general ranch maintenance; basic irrigation maintenance; clean and maintenance equipment and tools, assist in equipment cleaning, assist in applications by hand or tractor of fertilizers and or/pesticides; frost control of sprinklers, frost blanket coverings, or hoop coverings. Worker may also be required to perform the following duties: tilling soil, level land, bed rows, lay/pull drip, connect/disconnect drip, patch/repair plastic, cut and tuck ends of plastic, pull/burn plastic, shovel work, digging/cleaning ditches, set/fix rain birds, punch holes, set vegetables, transplanting, cut runners, trim leaves (bushes), trees/limbs, thinning/pruning crops, chopping/twisting plants, pick up/burn trash, lay ground cover, pull grass, operate plastic machine (during plastic application), load and unload plastic & drip rolls onto plastic machine, put in drain pipes, paint, mow, make/assemble boxes, clean (equipment and/or facilities), operate equipment, load and unload vehicles. May be necessary to assist in the use of farm equipment such as tractors, trucks and harvest machinery, etc.

Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination.

Workers must understand greenhouse quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Plants must be handled carefully to prevent/avoid damage.

Special Requirements

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer-paid pre-employment and post-hire drug testing required. Criminal background check required.