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Job Description
Greenhouse Laborer Bonnie Plants
LLC - 3.8
Pearl, MS Job Details $12 an hour 23 hours ago Qualifications Trash removal Table cleanliness maintenance Manufacturing facilities cleaning Floor cleaning Personal protective equipment (PPE) use Agricultural harvesting Outdoor work Packing Vegetable crops Cartons Cutting Moving Employee relationship building Minor facility damage repair Grounds maintenance sprayers Production area sanitation Plant disease identification Loading Manual assembly Warehouse cleanliness Transplanting (gardening technique) Safety equipment Equipment maintenance Packaging assembly Construction Greenhouse cultivation Visual inspection for quality control Watering Restroom cleaning Staples for fastening Full Job Description
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. Experience Required 2 months of greenhouse/nursery work experience Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
