Greenhouse Laborer

Job Description

Job Description

This is a full-time temporary seasonal position and employment is based on the seasonal needs of the greenhouse operation and production. This position is responsible for various tasks associated with the overall growth cycle of plants in the greenhouse.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Cultivate and transplant vegetable, flower and herb seedlings and cuttings within a seeding/transplanting line.
Assemble trays, hanging pots and caged pots.
Prepare soil and growth media
Plant, spray, weed, and water plants, using necessary machinery, hand tools, and hoses
Cut and/or transplant cuttings, seeds and/or seedlings/plugs
Examine plant leaves and note coloring to detect appropriate moisture, presence of insects or disease.
Inspect plants to assess quality overall and prior to loading, taking cuttings or transplanting.
Push and pull carts from various parts of the greenhouse areas
Work in a standing, fast-paced assembly line
Apply tags to trays using a mechanical stapler
Work on seedling line
Repair and sanitize ground cloth or floor media as needed to maintain greenhouse floors.
Manually lay down and pick up trays from greenhouse and surrounding station areas
Fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing horticultural products
Clean work areas, sanitize and maintain grounds, greenhouses, warehouse, and landscaping.
Perform nursery sanitation duties including cleaning floors, tables, walls, roofs, surfaces, hoses, machinery and picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors.
Load plant trays onto shipping racks/carts.
Identify and pull weeds, remove dead pots and cull plants not fit for sale.
May maintain, construct and repair nursery buildings, adjacent buildings and infrastructure.
May perform maintenance tasks such as: operate vents, fans and heaters to maintain proper growth environment in greenhouses, reporting any and all issues immediately.
Other duties associated with greenhouse/nursery upkeep and maintenance.
Assist with and/or perform additional duties as required by operating needs of the company as directed by management.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education and Experience: 2 months of greenhouse/nursery work experience

Licenses and/or Certificates: None

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Ability to take and follow directions and work with little to no supervision.
Ability to meet the expected efficiencies identified while being safe and accurate.
Ability to stand on concrete or other surfaces for long periods of time.
Ability to wear gloves and other safety devices as required.
Ability to safely operate and use greenhouse tools, machinery and equipment.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
Working Conditions: Both indoor and outside work environments. Occasionally exposed to extreme cold and hot temperatures, wet or humid conditions and outdoor weather conditions. Must be able to walk, sit, stand on concrete or other surfaces, including uneven surfaces for long periods of time.

This position may require working longer hours during peak seasons.

Risk/Safety Conditions: Moving mechanical parts and machinery, electrical shock, vibration, airborne particles, loud noise levels, high temperatures, hazardous materials.

Essential Physical Activities: Walking, sitting, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, talking, prolonged standing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception, regularly lift 50 pounds, occasionally lift up to 100 pounds, climbing, crawling, stooping, crouching and wearing gloves and dust masks.