Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

$15.79 Per Hour DOE (Depends on Experience) Position range in Van Zandt County $9.46 - $14.94 Per hour Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location:

Canton, TX - 75103 Positions available: 34 Job #: 16997486

Source:

WorkInTexas

Posted:

04/01/2026

Updated:

04/01/2026

Expires:

10/31/2026

Web Site:

WorkInTexas Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

TWC 174748

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Temporary work from: 06/01/2023 to 03/31/2027

Experience:

None required

Lifting Requirement:

60 lbs

Basic Job Requirements:

Exposure to extreme temperatures, extensive pushing/pulling, sitting/walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements.

Details:

Crops/Commodities:

nursery stock. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Plants, cultivates and maintains in condition for shipping and resale to customers ornamental shrubs, trees. Pots seedlings, prunes, transplants, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to variety. Uncover and/or recover winter storage houses. Weeds, mows, loads/unloads truck and wagons. May operate tractors and other mechanical equipment under supervision. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock and maintenance of holding yards and shipping areas. Perform diversified activities in container/field nursery operation. Jobs may include any combination of the following tasks associated with production of horticultural specialty crops: operate and clean irrigation systems; sort, tag, move, repot, fertilize plants; load trucks; mix and apply pesticides with supervision; operate equipment. Work is to be done in the field for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. 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. Work may also include mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker. •

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