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Horticultural Worker
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 7
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 40
- Wage: 16.08 USD / Hour
- Start date: 10/11/2025
- End date: 08/08/2026
- Process date: 08/01/2025 12:08:44
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant, cultivate, and harvest fruit bearing plants, trees, vines and bushes by hand or machine. Operate, repair and maintain nursery vehicles, tractors, tractor drawn machinery and self-propelled machinery. Use hand and garden tools to plant, cultivate, and harvest plants, trees, vines and bushes. Space and prepare planting areas, greenhouses and fields. Insert stakes and string for spacing. Mix potting soil and fill trays. Spray, weed, fertilize, water, prune, thin, count and check plants, trees, and bushes. Cut and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees and bushes. Strip leaves and branches off of plant, place branches in hole and cover up branches with dirt. During the winter, dig up buried branches and prepare bare roots for shipping or transplant. Transplant or pot, space, label and tag plants. Workers must keep pace while transplanting within an assembly line on a conveyor belt. Place plants, trays and/or pots onto or take off of moving line. Ride a transplanter and feed plant into cup to be planted. Walk behind transplanter to count and check plants. Apply bamboo and metal rods to ensure quality of plants. Using order forms or according to supervisor's instructions workers will select, harvest, prepare and load plants for shipping. Must assure accurate identification and count of plants when pulling orders to load onto trucks. Assemble boxes and box bare root plants and load for shipping. Record information about plants and plant growth. Inform supervisors of the presence of insects, disease or quality concerns. Handle mulch, haul and spread soil, fertilizer and other materials to condition soil using carts, shovels, wheelbarrows and tractors. Load and unload plants, bushes, trees, tools, and materials. Inspect plants leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease. Install, repair, maintain and operate irrigation equipment and climate control systems. Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems. Clean and maintain containers, materials, supplies, and grounds. When pruning or thinning, limbs must not be torn from the tree, nor should limbs be completely stripped of leaves. Work with other workers to cover greenhouses. Workers are also responsible for nursery sanitation duties including cleaning work areas, picking up trash and sweeping floors. As a minor activity, workers will bag nursery grown grain seed on conveyor and stack bags on pallet. Assist in assembling nursery buildings and repair nursery facilities. Haul supplies and tools.