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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

8

Job Duties:

General Labor/Nursery Worker to perform the following duties: Workers will be working with Agaves, Aloes, Yucca, Cactus, Euphorbia, Succulents, Cycads, Palms, Tropical Foliage, Bamboo, Bromeliad, Ficus, Yucca and Dasylirion. Workers will receive specific instructions on required tasks and results expected and will be closely monitored. Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated with the primary duties. Such work will be temporary and insubstantial agricultural labor. Workers are expected to perform and complete the assigned tasks in a professional and efficient manner while keeping up with the pace and demand according to the company’s and customers production and quality standards. Workers must be willing, able, qualified and available to complete the assigned job duties. Workers are responsible for the daily care and maintenance of plants in a nursery/greenhouse setting, continuously throughout the day perform any combination of the following duties like planting, hauling watering, pruning, preparing, trimming and shaping, weeding, inspecting plants for pets and disease, loading and unloading. The employer attests that workers will perform weeding tasks using long-handled hoes and will abide by the 8 Cal. Code Regulations Section 3437, 3456(b-c). Workers will use garden gloves, hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, machete, pruning shears and brooms when needed to complete tasks. Workers prepare soil mixture and growth media by hand or using specialized hand tools. Selects the proper size of container, places the container on the table and while gently holding the container with one hand. Then, using a hand shovel reaches over to collect the desired amount of soil and pours soil into pot, chooses the plant while gently handling the roots to avoid damage and places into the center of the container, and continues to fill pot with soil to the proper soil level and gently firms around the roots if needed. Once completed, worker moves completed containers to a table until all the orders have been completed, then loads onto a UTV or push card to transport to a greenhouse or growing area. Workers properly water newly potted plants to settle soil and support root establishment. Workers will repot growing plants into larger containers as needed. The process is repeated. Workers walk around the nursery and greenhouses to inspect, clean, trim and shape plants of excess, damaged or quality compromising leaves by either hand or the use of specialized tools when needed. When needed, workers water plants with either watering cans or use the hoses located in each location. Workers are responsible for daily, weekly and periodically maintaining the greenhouse and nursery workspaces and production areas clean and organized. Workers will rotate, inspect and discard inventory that is damaged or broken. Workers must be able to count, properly classify, load and unload plants either onto a utility task vehicle (UTV), trailer or push carts and transport to and from the nursery/greenhouse areas. Workers must be able to lift, push, pull and carry to 60 lbs. repetitively throughout the workday.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

We require two (2) months of recent and verifiable experience within the past two (2) years for the job duties listed. This position requires a minimum of two (2) months for the employee to get a full understanding of the job and responsibilities. Must be able to understand work & safety instructions in English or Spanish, the languages spoken and written in the workplace. The Company may require the worker to submit to a post-hire drug/alcohol test, at the employers expense, upon the occurrence of a reportable incident or accident, or upon reasonable suspicion. Drug screening is post-offer, can be random, and is at no cost to the workers.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Premier Packing of California, Inc. (2026.5)

Location:

Indio, CA 92201

Worksite

Address:

Rancho Soledad Nurseries - 18539 Aliso Canyon Road, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92091

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26009-549459

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

$16.90/hour H-2A workers

Date Posted:

2/23/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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