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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

5

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: Nursery stock, field and container. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Perform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of field and container nursery stock. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or ‘liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping, as necessary. Hand dig trees and shrubs with shovel or tree spade. Prepare product for and assist in loading for transport. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant, and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Load and unload plants from trucks, with or without mechanized support. Clean/maintain work area. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products, and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping, and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and steel toed boots or other durable footwear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required, post-accident or upon suspicion. Apply herbicides, and pesticides, and other crop protectants on undesirable or desirable species as necessary. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate, and crop conditions. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Outdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity, and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses may transport other workers to-and-from employer provided housing directly to worksites each day and transporting workers between employer worksites during the workday and possibly carrying equipment/supplies and this may involve the worker(s) operating the vehicles across public roads in order to reach the other farm properties to perform their work. Workers are driving multi-purpose vehicles that have a capacity of less than 13 tons, require a standard driver's license to operate, may be used on or off farm by the workers (e.g., drive to the grocery store, bank, etc. at their discretion). Workers are not required or expected to arrange for the routine pick-up of another worker or groups of workers on a regular schedule at other housing locations or centralized pick-up points.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Additional hours may be offered during peak irrigation, harvest or planting periods, including weekends. Job requires work outside in extremely hot, cold, dusty, and/or wet weather. Perform prolonged sitting, walking, standing, bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, digging, shoveling, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, and loading up to 60 lbs. repetitively.

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

The Gardener Nursery

Company Name:

Keith A Stanley Sr. & Son Inc

Location:

Richmond, VA 23233

Worksite

Address:

12685 Broad Street Rd, Richmond, VA 23233

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26166-015848

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

6/16/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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