Temporary Seasonal Hydroponic Farm Worker
Employer
13700 Specking Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99515
United States
Job description
Tomato, cucumber, eggplant and pepper hydroponic production duties include pollinating lateral removal, deleafing, lowering plants, picking and packing. Workers must be able to tell the difference between the apical meristem and a lateral shoot. Wine grape culture consists of growing and planting vines in soilless media, pulling leaves, thinning clusters with a comb, turning cades, hedging vines, grafting, pruning, tying canes on wires, training cordons on young vines irrigating, picking and packing fruit. Tag trays; assemble trays, pots and caged pots; Lay down and pick up seed flats for delivery or transplant to another greenhouse; Load and unload racks; Loading plants from the greenhouse onto the racks/carts and delivering to the staging/loading area; Helping unload plants at the greenhouse, that do not meet the quality specifications; Fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing horticultural products; Maintain and repair nursery buildings/greenhouses; Clean work areas, sanitize, and maintain grounds, greenhouses; Perform nursery sanitation duties including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors.
Special Requirements
Employee must have one (1) month prior verifiable experience in hydroponic greenhouse tomato, cucumber, peppers, eggplants, edible flowers and wine grape farming. Tomato, cucumber, eggplant and pepper production duties include: pollinating, lateral removal, de-leafing, lowering plants, picking and packing. Workers must be able to tell the difference between the apical meristem and a lateral shoot. Wine grape culture consists of growing and planting vines in a soilless medium, pulling leaves, thinning clusters with a comb, turning cades, hedging vines, grafting, pruning, tying canes on wires, training cordons on young vines, irrigating, picking, and packing fruit. Tools or Equipment Needed: The Employer will furnish at NO cost all the tools and supplies or equipment required in the performance of work. Each worker is issued, at no cost, a small clipper to cut the lateral shoots and harvest the tomato fruit. Also, workers use a battery-operated hand pollinator.