Farmworkers and Laborers
Employer: Legacy Labor, Inc.
Location: Cresco, IA
Workers needed: 12
Season: Nov 15, 2026 – Sep 15, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops: Vegetative Annuals, Garden Mums, Poinsettia
Plant Propagation, filling, growing, transplanting, loading, labeling and handling of plants, trays, hanging baskets, carts and pallets. general plant treatment, protection and care, cleaning and maintenance inside and outside of all facilities and equipment, equipment operation, loading, counting and shipping of plants.
Additional job duties: Working in onsite show beds, stock beds and fields. Assist with plant production to include trimming, splitting, potting, and moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields. Workers will assist with plant growing to include weeding, planting beds and fields, working in on-site landscaping of show beds, trimming, pruning plant inventory, and moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields. Assist with plant shipment to include cleaning, organizing, moving plants into and out of on-site greenhouses and fields, watering, weeding, boxing, and tagging plants for shipping and loading trucks.
Farm Equipment Operation: Workers may be required to operate farm equipment during daily operations, as an incidental activity. Before any worker is required to operate any farm equipment, workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the tractor before driving the tractor. Tractors should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops, and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination.
General Maintenance: Workers will perform various duties for upkeeping of the nursery property, lawns, gardens, greenhouses, fields,
equipment, and buildings.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employers will furnish free cooking and kitchen facilities to those workers who are entitled to live in the employers' housing so that workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. Once a week the employers will offer to provide (on a voluntary basis by the workers) free transportation to assure workers access to the closest store where they can purchase groceries. In the event kitchen facilities are not available, or become unavailable during the season, workers staying in employer housing will be provided 3 meals per day at the current subsistence rate as posted in the federal register.
Workers staying in employer provided housing that does not have kitchen facilities to prepare their own meals will be provided 3 meals per day at the current subsistence rate posted in the federal register. If this rate changes after the start of the contract, workers will be notified of the updated rate.
Transport: (a) Incoming: At the filing of this job order that is not known based on appointment availability at the consulate. The Employer will not advance transportation and subsistence costs to workers for transportation to or from the place of employment. Employer will provide or reimburse workers as outlined in the regulations the most economical cost of transportation subsistence costs during travel. See contract for additional details.
Experience wanted: 2 months
2 months experience working in a commercial greenhouse. On-site-training for curtain task. Applicants must furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY: This employer will strive to provide a safe and healthful work environment, free of substance abuse, for the protection of our associates, employees and visitors. The use, possession or being under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol during working time is prohibited.
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