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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

48

Job Duties:

Job Duty summary: This summary will not include all duties for this H2A job order. US DOL no longer allows space all duties to be listed on the ETA 790. Workers will need to view the employers ETA 790 attachments for a more complete list of duties broken down by job title, including work rules, and housing rules. Workers will perform various duties associated with the employer’s commercial greenhouse/nursery. This job order is being filed for a Greenhouse / Nursery worker SOC 45-2095.00. Workers will work in various positions for the employer, and will perform various duties, all associated with growing the employer’s greenhouse/nursery crops. Workers will work under direct supervision with the growing, and care of the employers’ products. In addition, the workers will assist with shipping and maintenance of the company’s grounds and buildings. Workers will work monitoring growing conditions such as humidity, moisture and temperature and follow cultivation procedures to ensure conformance with quality control standards. They will also monitor the plants and the machines dispensing chemicals to ensure that the proper amount of nutrient applications, fertilizers and other supplements and chemicals to treat and prevent diseases, fungi, and pest. Anything that will prevent the healthy growth and harvest of the employer’s product. They will work to immediately discard and remove any product that does not meet their high-quality standards and prevent the spread of diseases. Workers will sanitize work areas, trays, tables, and any other surface that can cause contamination or spread diseases. Workers will assist in the planting, cultivation and harvest of the employer grown greenhouse/nursery stock. Workers will prepare soil or planting media, stock supplies, mark trays with barcodes, fill trays, refill cover soil hopper, plant seeds by hand and/or machine, and plant plugs. Workers will transplant, grade and sort products according to size, maturity, and other factors as instructed by their supervisor. Workers will stack tables manually or with a stacking machine. They will move tables throughout the greenhouse, install pest control tape, and organize plants according to type and size. Workers will stock work areas with needed supplies such as trays and pallets. Workers will monitor crop progress and report back to their supervisor. Workers will maintain records about growing techniques, plant growth, greenhouse supplies, maintenance records, cleaning schedules, shipping records, and other information as required by their supervisor. Workers will perform various duties on a Christmas tree farm which may include planting, cultivating color tinting, baling, hauling, loading, and harvesting Christmas evergreen trees on a Christmas-tree farm. Removes brush, ferns, and other growth from planting area using hand tools such as mattock, brush hook, hoe, axe sling blade. Will hand plant seedlings, using mattock or dibble. May scatter fertilizer pellets over planted area by hand. May spray herbicides or pesticides. Shears tops and limb tips from trees, as specified by supervisor to control growth, increase limb density, and improve shape. Workers may make wreathes and garland/roping from cut greenery produced on the farm. Harvesting Christmas evergreen trees on a Christmas tree farm. Selects Christmas trees for cutting according to markings or size, species, and grade as directed by the grower or supervisor. Will cut trees using chain saw or axe as directed by grower or supervisor. Will drag trees that range in weight from 50 to 100 lbs. from cutting area to field loading area and lift onto mechanical tree bailer to be bailed. When necessary, workers will be permitted to team lift objects weighing more than 75 pounds.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

All applicants must have at least 3 months experience digging trees by hand and/ or tree digger operating experience. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination. Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Lucas Nursery

Location:

Superior Township, MI 48198

Worksite

Address:

9779 Ford Road, Superior Township, MI 48198

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24324-484060

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/22/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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