Nursery Workers
Employer: ARAONA Labor Logistics, LLC
Location: Naples, FL
Workers needed: 20
Pay: $15.00/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – May 31, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Crops: Nursery/greenhouse crops The worker will work in greenhouse facility planting, cultivating, harvesting, transplanting plants, spraying, weeding, fertilizing, trimming, and watering plants, using hand tools and gardening tools. The worker must understand greenhouse quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures. Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Plants must be handled carefully to prevent/avoid damage. The worker will work in the production facility on the assembly line placing inserts or pots into trays on the conveyors, sticking plant cutting into medium, fixing plants that are missing in trays. Tag or label plants or pots. Load trays on wagons from conveyors, accompany tractors and wagons to the field where the worker will unload wagons and lay trays in the bed in with uniform spacing. Workers may operate tractors, transplanters, and flat filling equipment. Workers may take cuttings according to specifications. Stick cuttings and transplant liners by hand or mechanical planter. Workers may be required to pick up plants from the field for orders and load on to wagons, lay plants down for growing, move and space plants in the field. They may also be required to pick plants from wagons by variety for orders on loading dock and load on to delivery racks. The workers will move racks around the dock as needed or push racks onto trucks for delivery. Other job duties are as follows: Unload carts from returning trucks. Unload carts, pallets, boxes and supplies from trucks that are delivered to the farm. Perform cleaning and sanitation in production and dock areas as required. Perform bed preparation by cleaning, sweeping beds and putting down weed control before plants are put down. Perform general plant maintenance. Move, space, weed, trim, and cull plants. Workers will count, grade and inventory plants in beds. Workers may be required to dispose of unsaleable plants from time to time. Workers will go to the designated areas where unsaleable plants will be loaded onto wagons and sent to the disposal area. At the disposal area, workers may be assigned to separate plant material from plastic, and sort plastic for recycling or reuse. Plant material is accumulated there for decomposition. Plastic is accumulated and sorted for baling and recycling. On the loading dock, Workers will remove racks from trucks, unload plastic waste and sort accordingly. Workers will also be required to assemble racks for plants to be shipped on. Racks are custom built for each individual order and may vary in size. Workers may use powered tools or mallets in the assembly process. Workers may clean/maintain greenhouse buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas. And assist with greenhouse maintenance and repairs. Greenhouse workers will also assist in preparing the ground by leveling and removing old ground cover cloth and replacing with new cloth to place plants. Remove and apply shade cloth or plastic to greenhouses. Repair and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Workers may also apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, and other plant related treatments at the correct time depending on plant type, growth, climate, and crop conditions. Cover and uncover plants with Frost/Freeze protection fabrics. Workers will be exposed and not limited to standing, bending, stooping and kneeling for long periods of time. (Continued below)
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers residing in employer-provided housing will be provided free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Transport: Employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Must be 18 years or older. Valid drivers license will be required to drive company vehicles. Carrying/Lifting requirement is 5 - 100 lbs. Two months experience required in verifiable farm work. Workers must accurately and efficiently be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks. At the expense of the employer/owner: (1) criminal background checks may be conducted on all new applicants for employment (2) pre- and post hire drug testing may be required, and all tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided. The majority of the day is spent on ones feet and outdoors and involves exposure to sun, wind, rain, soil, mud, dust, heat, cold and natural elements. Workers may be required to work at night due to heat. Workers must be able to stand for long periods, sit, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from waist), push, pull, reach, and lift.
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