Laborer

Job description

Perform manual labor to transplant vegetable plants, flowers and herbs within an assembly line. Into packs for resale as well as into the field to be grown to finished product. Work with greenhouse grown tomatoes including twisting, clipping, lowering, pruning, de-leafing, pest scouring, support trussing, middle shoot removal, cleaning, harvesting and maintaining the plants. The following applies to all field crops grown at the nursery (vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs). Clean work areas, sanitize and maintain grounds and greenhouses. Maintain and repair nursery buildings and greenhouses. Perform nursery sanitation duties including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors. Workers will load and unload new nursery plants off of trucks and or carts. (Trees and Shrubs). Workers may operate agricultural machinery/equipment essential to running the nursery. (Bobcats, mowers, weed eaters, tractors with implements, cultivators, ect). Other general agriculture labor duties may be assigned from time to time. Work is very fast-paced during the busy season. Exposure to extreme temp, repetitive movements, extensive pushing, pulling walking and frequent stooping Must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs frequently