Farm Laborer

Job description

Farm Laborer: Viburnum picker, Ilex, Roses, Snowberries picker and planter, and Cotinus picker to perform the following duties:

Viburnum and Cotinus Picker manually pick in greenhouses.

Duties:

1. Picks in greenhouses into picking crates, making certain that they are at the proper stage and separating different stages (such as perfect, puffy and short).
2. Ensures that picked meet TSVG quality standards and have straight leaves with bulbs and a fixed amount per picking crate.
3. Picks with a goal of 1800 stems per hour.
4. Places picked in crates on the monorail (donkey), and when completely loaded, moves the monorail with the full crates to the front of the row.
5. Loads full crates onto carts.

Ilex, Roses, Snowberries planter and picker. Duties:

1. Plants bulbs upside down in rubber mats, bulb base upwards in designated number of rows.
2. Checks quality of the bulbs before planting.
3. Ensures that all the designated holes are filled.
4. Checks for the proper placement of the bulbs (bulb bases facing upwards) to ensure straight planting and makes adjustments to the bulbs as necessary.
6. Maintain a safe and clean work area.
7. Picks flowers in greenhouses into picking crates, making certain that they are at the proper stage and separating different stages (such as perfect, puffy and short).
8. Ensures that picked flowers meet TSVG quality standards and have straight leaves with bulbs and a fixed amount per picking crate.
9. Places picked flowers in crates on the monorail (donkey), and when completely loaded, moves the monorail with the full crates to the front of the row.
10. Loads full crates onto carts.

Additional job duties:

Crate moving, dumping and washing
Drip tape irrigation
Crop tending
Hand dumping
Leaf tipping
Pesticide Spraying

See addendum C.

Special Requirements

Minimum Job Qualifications:

Viburnum, Cotinus, Ilex, Roses, Snowberries Picker: Must be able to follow verbal instructions; be able to count, bend, walk, and stand for long periods of time and list crates of about 15 pounds.

Ilex, Roses, Snowberries Planter: Must be able to stand for long periods of time.


Requirements: 1 month of fresh flower harvest or nursery experience. Cannot be color blind due to the need to distinguish colors of crops for proper ripeness and maturity, able to use shears, clippers and other agricultural tools, no smoking, illegal drugs, alcohol, or weapons of any sort in the housing or work fields. Proficiency in English or Spanish is required for training and safety purposes. Work is performed indoors in cold and other elements of the normal greenhouse, nursery and warehouse environment. Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the work and working conditions described.
See addendum C.