Farm Workers And Laborers

Job description

Workers will assist with all aspects of general greenhouse labor such as: crop production, crop maintenance and shipping functions as well as general maintenance of the premises from approximately February 20, 2023 through July 10, 2023. A list of all vegetables, herbs, fruits, and greens include: kale, strawberries, peppers, oregano, dill, thyme, rosemary, tomatoes, greens, zucchini, cucumber, chives, basil, peppermint, spearmint, green beans, squash, chards, sage, citronella, spinach, cilantro, asparagus and variety of flowers.

Workers will fill pots, baskets and flats with soil using hand or gardening tools or by a machine, plant, tag product, water, fertilize, and move plants in pots, hanging baskets, and flats in a greenhouse. Water, package, load and unload products from a truck or rack outside of greenhouse near loading dock. Lay driplines and tarps and insert driplines in pots and hanging baskets, Install irrigation system in greenhouse facility. Hand and gardening tools are used to tack-down tarp. Clean-up trash and maintain a clean facility inside and outside greenhouse. Cut grass with hand tools or mower, pull and spray weeds and mulch within and around greenhouse facility. Fix greenhouse racks. Grease tires on carts and racks. Workers must be able to lift up to 60 lbs., will frequently bend stoop and stand for long periods, be exposed to extensive pushing, pulling, walking and repetitive movements, and must have 2 months verifiable work experience in a greenhouse setting or in nursery production.

Special Requirements

Employee must be able to pick up and package 60lb bags of soil. Must be able to carry packed soil a minimum of 150 to palletize them. Employees must be able to pack shipping boxes with live plant trays that accumulate to a total of 60lbs per box, once trays are packed into boxes they will need to be moved by hand a minimum of 100 feet to shipping area. Employees must be able to lift 60lb pots onto planting line to be prepared to be planted, once planted they must lift them off planting line onto carts once on carts moved to prop area and laid down into prop area moving pots a minimum of 150 ft. This is to be performed a minimum of 6 hrs per day repetitively. Addendum C