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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

12

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: Nursery stock, including mums, annuals, perennials, roses, fruit trees, berries, herbs, vegetables. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working in a greenhouse handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Plants, cultivates and maintains in condition for shipping and sale to customers, bedding plants/nursery stock. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, cultivating, hoeing, transplanting, mowing, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, prepare soil, weed, mow, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant and pot starter plants. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Workers who are able to obtain drivers' licenses may be asked to drive light company vehicles to assist in transporting finished nursery stock to sales locations. Assist with property and building maintenance and construction, including removing plastic from hoop houses in spring and recovering in fall. Hoop houses are temporary agricultural/nursery storage structures made of galvanized metal hoops covered with plastic allowing air to circulate which improves agricultural output and prevents plants stored within from freezing. Fill, lift and carry various size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 60 pounds. Plants must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process. Workers must have an understanding of nursery quality control standards and a working knowledge of nursery production procedures. Workers must be able to harvest crops according to predetermined, customer specific standards. Must select and harvest crops which are suitable for various clients. Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers may assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. The employer requires that all newly hired employees take and pass an employer-paid background check. All background checks are conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. Applicants found to have felony convictions (including, but not limited to assault, child molestation, sex or drug-related convictions) will be immediately terminated out of concern for general public safety, and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a foreign worker who is terminated for cause resulting from findings of the background check, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker's place of recruitment, at the worker's expense. In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding, general building maintenance and other tasks related to a nursery operation.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working in a greenhouse handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Post-hire employer-paid background check required.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:45 A.M. - 4:15 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Gale's Westlake Garden Center, Inc.

Location:

Westlake, OH 44145

Worksite

Address:

24373 Center Ridge Rd., Westlake, OH 44145

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24003-614641

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/12/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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