- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 12
- Job Duties:
- Crops: Annual bedding plants, vegetable plants, flowering hanging baskets, foliage hanging baskets, herbs.
Planting, sticking cuttings, pruning foliage, watering plants, loading carts, pulling orders, cleaning, pulling weeds, maintenance and upkeep of the facility inside and outside, mowing, trimming, cutting trees, cleaning/pruning flowers, snow removal, whitewashing the greenhouse, putting pots together, working on planting line, sowing seed, labeling, equipment maintenance, changing roof plastic.
Additional job duties: Working in onsite show beds, stock beds and fields. Assist with plant production to include trimming, splitting, potting, and moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields. Workers will assist with plant growing to include weeding, planting beds and fields, working in on-site landscaping of show beds, trimming, pruning plant inventory, and moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields. Assist with plant shipment to include cleaning, organizing, moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields, watering, weeding, boxing, and tagging plants for shipping and loading trucks.
Farm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate farm equipment during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination.
General Maintenance: Workers will perform various duties for upkeeping of the nursery property, lawns, gardens, greenhouses, fields, equipment, and buildings. These duties may include painting of nursery buildings, fence repair, mowing, weed eating, and other general building and ground maintenance.
This job order covers multiple worksites with staggered start dates. Workers will perform the same job duties described in this order at the worksites listed in Section F. Three (3) workers will begin employment at John Schuring JR Co. Greenhouses on January 5, 2026. Then on January 19, 2026, three (3) workers will begin employment at R&D Greenhouses LLC, and at Panse Greenhouses LLC. All workers will be employed through September 19, 2026. Each worker will be employed for the full period of employment applicable from their individual start date, as indicated in Section A.5. Exact start dates may vary slightly depending on nursery operational needs and worker arrival schedules.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse