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Platt Hill Nursery Carpentersville, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Crops/Commodities: · Nursery stock, including bedding plants, trees, and shrubs. · This job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable agricultural experience work in a greenhouse or nursery handling manual tasks incl ...
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Platt Hill Nursery Carpentersville, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: · Crops/Commodities: · Nursery stock, including bedding plants, trees, and shrubs. · This job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable agricultural experience work in a greenhouse or nursery handling manual tasks in ...
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Fox Ridge Nursery Harvard, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Nursery stock includes but is not limited to Trees, shrubs, and evergreens. · Greenhouse/Nursery: Workers may perform any combination of the following duties concerned with preparing soil and growth media, cultivation, ...
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j&j dill Union, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activ ...
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Von Bergen Acres Hebron, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Worker must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activ ...
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Liberty Prairie Foundation Grayslake, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Employees duties may include planting, weeding, harvesting, record keeping, box packing on the farm, seeding, watering in greenhouses, general field projects. · Employees will plant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, wash a ...
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Goodmark Nurseries LLC Wonder Lake, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Crops/Commodities: · nursery stock. · This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience handling both manual and mechanized tasks, preferably in a nursery. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or w ...
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R & S LANDSCAPING & NURSERY INC Yorkville, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: Crops/Commodities: · ornamental and shade trees, container plants, shrubs. · This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience working in a nursery handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants ...
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R. SMITS & SONS THE FARM,LLC Oswego, United StatesThis job was posted by : For more information, please see: · Worker will manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables and fruits. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilize ...
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Greenhouse Supervisor
1 week ago
Mariani Enterprises, LLC Libertyville, United States**GROW YOUR CAREER WITH OUR TEAM** Mariani Enterprises, LLC has an opening for a full-time **Greenhouse and Yard Supervisor.** · **JOB SUMMARY**: · The Greenhouse Supervisor at Mariani Enterprises, LLC will oversee the overall successful execution of crop production planning, gre ...
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County Agent III
3 weeks ago
Rutgers University Belvidere, United States Full timePosting Summary · Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, is searching for a community-engaged scholar to provide county and regional leadership, educational programming, and applied research-based expertise in animal agriculture. This 12-month, 100% Extension-funded tenure ...
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse - Pingree Grove, United States - GOEBBERT'S FARM INC
3 weeks ago
Description
This job was posted by : For more information, please see: Workers must possess the physical strength and endurance (ability to continue or last) to repeat the harvest process though out the workday, working quickly and skillfully to perform activities assigned during that activity.
Workers may not leave trash, or other discarded items in work areas or vehicles but must dispose of such items in provided receptacles.
Workers must wash hands with soap and water after all bathroom and meal breaks.Allergies to varieties of ragweed, goldenrod, insecticides, related agricultural chemicals, etc., may affect workers ability to perform the work described herein.
Sanitation Requirements:
For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times.
This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption.Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations.
Workers will perform various duties associated with growing the crops listed below to include transplanting crops, weeding by hand or with hoe, laying and moving irrigation pipe, harvesting crops manually, sorting crops, washing and packing crops.
Various vegetable and fruit crops:
Beet, Celery, Radishes, Sweet Corn, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Peppers (hot and sweet), Melons, Cucumbers, soybeans field corn & pumpkins
Flowers, Golden Beets, Eggplant, Zucchini, Apples.
Workers will plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe.
Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers.
Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting, and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.Equipment Operations:
Workers may be required to operate tractors, and other farm equipment during operations.
Before any worker is required to operate farm equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation.
Workers will be required to operate equipment according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, and equipment.
Workers will operate employers vehicles on public roadways. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination.Orchard Maintenance and clean up:
Workers will be responsible for general orchard clean up. They will rake up debris from the land such as sticks, straw, etc.
Workers involved in orchard maintenance may be required to hoe trees, girdle, spread fertilizer, pick up roots and limbs, strip suckers or unwanted growth from trees, dig root suckers, knock fruit off trees, use hand sprayer, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe, repair and maintain drip system, and strap and tie fruit trees.
Employer will provide all equipment. Instruction will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers. The specific standards for a job will be disclosed and demonstrated by the supervisor before the work begins.
