Farm And Greenhouse Workers
Employer
1206 Dixon Ave
Rock Falls, IL 61071
United States
Job description
During Spring workers will plant flowers, transplant young plants and water flowers by hand, trim and maintain flowers, restocking retail floor, clean greenhouses, move full flats and hanging baskets, plant apple trees, and help maintain orchard. Summer duties will include pruning apple trees, trellising, working in orchard, planting vegetables starts in field, assist with laying plastic, mulch, stake vegetables, remove weeds in field, hand harvest sweet corn and other vegetables, drive tractor, package vegetables in retail bags, load and unload trucks. Fall duties will include harvesting apples and pumpkins, washing and sorting apples, assist with pressing apple cider, helping to set up pumpkin patch, cleaning farm area, winterizing. Feed and clean pens of farm animals that are brought in for pumpkin patch during September and October.
A drug screen will be performed upon accident or incidence and at the employers expense.
Background checks will be conducted post-hire at the employers expense, and are required to work around children and in a general public retail setting.
Special Requirements
Hours listed in Section A.6 are the anticipated hours to be worked. These hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor, and or productivity.