Nursery Workers

Job description

Leafy Lifestyle Inc. (also referred to herein as “Leafy”, “Employer” or “Company”) is a fixed-site grower which owns and controls its work sites and all agricultural commodities produced at such sites. Leafy corporate headquarters is located at 482 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301, telephone: (917) 865-1758, e-mail address: [email protected]. The Employer has designated this office as the Application Site.
Leafy is not a Farm Labor Contractor as defined under The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) or the H-2A regulations and is thus not held to the registration requirements or surety bond requirements.

FEIN number: 92-2319504
CA TAX ID: 11657921

Job Duties - Description of the specific services or labor to be performed:

Agricultural product: Ornamental anthurium, Ornamental philodendron, Ornamental monstera, Ornamental alocasia.

Nursery Workers to perform the following job duties:

Plant Maintenance: performing tasks such as fertilization, weeding, and mulching to ensure the overall health of the plants.

Weeding is the removal of undesirable (competition for water and nutrients) weeds around the base of the crops. No kneeling or squatting is required. In most cases this is required once per season. The job duty of weeding will be executed with long-handled hand tools. Occasional or intermittent hand weeding in a stooped, squatting, or kneeling position is incidental to the non-hand thinning operation and constitutes 20 percent or less of the workers` weekly labor time. Employer will abide by California Code Regulations at Title 8, Section 3456.

Watering and Irrigation: ensuring that plants receive enough water and nutrition.

Propagation: starting new plants from seeds, cuttings, and division.

Growing media preparation: preparing and maintaining the growing media.

Pruning and Trimming: maintaining plant size and shape through pruning and trimming.

Inventory management: Keep count of plant inventory and record keeping

Title of Supervisor for this position: Nursery Manager.

Special Requirements

Must have 3 months of work experience with growing ornamental tropical plants. Specific requirements include being able to use hand tools.

(See Addendum C)