Nursery Worker

Job description

Workers will perform tasks for various employers as listed on their contract.

Crops: Annual bedding plants, Vegetable Plants, Flowering hanging baskets, Geranium’s, Flowering Patio Pots, and herbs.

Job duties include: Sticking cutting, watering plants, loading carts, pulling orders, cleaning, pulling weeds, maintenance and upkeep of the facility outside and inside, mowing, trimming, cutting trees, cleaning/pruning flowers, snow removal, white washing the greenhouses, putting pots together, painting, working on planting line, sowing seed, labeling, splitting firewood, equipment maintenance, spacing pots and flats.
Greenhouse/Nursery: Workers may perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivation, and otherwise participating in horticultural activities: haul, spread, dig, rake, and mix media to prepare the growing areas for production; cover and fill cold frames and greenhouses in preparation for planting; haul, plant, spray, weed, water, prune, trim, shape and space products; fertilize with granular or liquid fertilizer; tie, bunch, wrap, and pack trees and shrubs to fill orders and load onto trucks for marketing; work on potting line, in a greenhouse, or in an outdoor production area transplanting seedlings and liners into containers and place in growing area, and working on planting lines.

Bedding Plants: Workers will fill flats with potting soil in preparation for planting. Filled flats will be stacked for transport to planting area. Worker will then plant plugs or seedlings into flats as instructed by supervisor. Planted flats will be tagged with appropriate picture tags. Completed flats will be watered in by hand and placed in growing area for finishing.

Potted Plants/Hanging Baskets: Workers will fill pots/baskets with potting soil in preparation for planting. One or more transplants will be planted in each container as specified by supervisor. Completed containers will be watered and placed in growing area for finishing. Workers may be required to install hangers and tags on pots or baskets. Workers may be required to place watering tubes into containers to facilitate the irrigation process.

General Maintenance: Workers will be responsible for performing general maintenance in and around greenhouses/nursery. This will include fence mending, snow removal, mowing, white washing the greenhouse, and weeding eating, sweeping floors, and keeping workplace clean. Workers will repair and paint buildings to ensure they are in good repair

Special Requirements

All applicants must have at least 3 months experience working in a commercial greenhouse. Applicants must furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.