Greenhouse Worker

Job description

Crops/Commodities:
tomatoes.
Jobs offered are working in a hydroponic greenhouse facility to prepare for new crop, perform regular crop maintenance on the old crop, 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 crops listed:
- Tomatoes on the Vine
- Beefsteak Tomatoes
- Grape/Cherry Tomatoes
- Cocktail Tomatoes

Under supervision, workers will perform manual labor to work in hydroponic greenhouse facility to prepare for new crop, perform regular crop maintenance on the old crop, including twisting, clipping, lowering, pruning, de-leafing, pest-scouring, support trussing, middle shoot removal, cleaning, harvesting and maintaining the plants. Preparation and cleaning out of old crops. Workers will set up Rockwool/peat moss, load and unload new plants onto and off of trucks and/or carts, hang and remove string and plant wire spacing. Scout for pests. Clean, sanitize and disinfect containers, materials, supplies or work areas using cleaning solutions and hand tools. Clean and maintain all grounds including gutters, irrigation lines, remove and replace old drippers, scout and maintain botrytis and close beehives. Set up and clean up CMM machines and operate tearout forklifts. The workers will ensure that the plant crop is carried out efficiently and with care in order to produce a quality grown vegetable. Proper use of gloves, hairnets, smocks, shoe covers, hand sanitizers, foot baths and clippers is required. All food safety activities will also fall under the responsibility of this job order both inside and outside the greenhouse to ensure adherence to SQF rules and regulations as well as our strict integrated pest management program. Other general agricultural labor duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Workers will perform tasks associated with packing tomatoes. Inspect tomatoes, remove segregated tomatoes from sorting stations, hand pack. Grade, sort according to company specifications in regard to size, color, appearance and quality to meet specific customer demands. Discard inferior or defective products and/or foreign matter and place only acceptable products in packaging containers for further processing. Place product in containers according to grade. Measure, weigh and count product and materials. Examine and inspect containers, materials and products to ensure that packing specifications are met. Remove completed or defective products, placing them on conveyors or in specified areas, such as allocated bins at loading docks. Place labels on clamshells or packaging containers. Stack packed tomatoes, stack boxes on pallets, lift boxes or crates, as required. Load materials and products into package processing equipment. Workers may operate agricultural machinery/equipment essential to packing tomatoes, including scales, sorting tables, palletizers and automatic lifts. Forklift operator responsibilities will include delivering pallets of finished product to cold storage, loading/unloading as needed, setting up orders for shipping, record keeping of materials and finished product. Workers will be responsible for cleaning all machinery, electronic equipment and the facility work areas at end of shift. Workers must adhere to all Food Safety Protocol.

Workers will be working under the direction of the Labor Manager, Head Grower, Crop Supervisor or an experienced Group Leader.

Workers will receive training on employer’s policies with which they must comply including Equal Employment Opportunity policies, OSHA and Food and Health safety standards and guidelines, FMLA and worker’s compensation leave policies and other standard operating procedures, around the time work commences.

Workers must attend an orientation session to review and train accordingly.

Special Requirements

Jobs offered are working in a hydroponic greenhouse facility to prepare for new crop, perform regular crop maintenance on the old crop, including twisting, clipping, lowering, pruning, de-leafing, pest-scouring, support trussing, middle shoot removal, cleaning, harvesting and maintaining the plants. Saturday work required. Must lift/bend/twist/carry up to 50 lbs. Drug testing is required at random, upon reasonable suspicion of use, and after a worker has an accident at work. Background check required. Workers need to have no fear of bees and be non-allergic to bee stings.