Sod and Nursery Workers
Employer: GREENSCAPE INNOVATIONS, INC.
Location: Arcadia, FL
Workers needed: 13
Pay: $15.00/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 13, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time-to-time, and may include all the following job specifications:
Laydown / Spacing / Re-space Pots: Prepare field laydown. Collect metal shelves and plug trays. Space pots and reassemble trays using wagons, tractors, conveyors, or by hand.
General Clean-up: Remove weeds from bays, roads, pots, and other areas. Cut grass using farm tools.
Pinching / Mowing Operations: Trim plants using scissors, EZ trimmers, or mowers. Clean and disinfected equipment. Collect and dispose of cuttings by hand or with equipment.
Planting - Replanting: Remove dead plants and replant new ones.
Hooks / Trellises: Install or remove hooks and trellises in pots.
Centers: Plant centerpiece plants in fields, greenhouses, or shipping areas by hand or with conveyors/equipment.
Tags: Insert, remove, or cut tags by hand or with scissors in greenhouse, shipping barn, or field.
Fix Pots / Clean Bays: Repair pots. Build and wrap pallets with scrap pots, trays, and leftover material.
Greenhouse Structures - Irrigation & Drainage: Install, maintain, or repair farm structures (shade house, shipping barn, plastic house, ground cover). Install, maintain, or repair irrigation and drainage systems.
Planting / Transfer Table Operations: Feed transplant/soil lines. Dibble, plant, label, tag, and space pots/trays. Collect trash. Use ladders and cutting tools as needed.
Rack Operations: Assemble and organize racks. Decorate racks with labels, stickers, posters. Load/unload racks with pots by hand or equipment. Transport racks with CC carts.
Shipping Operations: Organize racks for shipping. Clean pots/racks, replace damaged plants/tags. Wrap racks. Load/unload trucks with equipment/tools. Prepare labels, documents, and bales. Scan racks and place trackers (Teves).
Safety: Follow safety policy. Use PPE. Attend safety meetings.
Shifts of operations: All tasks may be performed on day or night shifts. Lights and generators will be used for night operations.
Equipment Operator: Operate farm equipment for harvest, crop production, and general applications. Conduct safety inspections of farm equipment and make field adjustments as needed. Employees will operate all equipment in a safe manner.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Workers will buy their own groceries. To provide access to grocery stores and other necessary services, the employer will provide access to one or more passenger vehicles with a GVWR of less than 13 tons that may be operated with a standard driver's license. Workers may use the vehicle on the farm during working hours and, at their discretion, off the farm outside working hours to travel to the grocery store, bank, etc. Workers are not required or expected to routinely pick up other workers from housing locations or centralized pick-up points. The employer does not control when workers make personal trips or designate a particular worker to drive. The employer will furnish fuel and may limit trips to the nearest town with a grocery store, bank, etc. These arrangements apply only to workers living in employer-provided housing.
Transport: Inbound: Workers will determine their own inbound travel arrangements to the place of employment to begin the job contract. If the workers are coming from Mexico, the employer will provide and pay for a charter bus service from the consulate city to the place of employment for workers.
Experience wanted: 1 months
Work is performed outdoors for extended periods in varying weather conditions and requires prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Must be able to repetitively lift up to 75 lbs. to shoulder height and lift and carry 75 lbs. in the field. Workers may be subject to post-hire drug or alcohol testing at no cost to the worker. Personal cell phone or electronic device use during working hours is prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies. Must be at least 18 years old, have one month of verifiable farmworker experience as a sod or nursery worker, and commit to work the entire contract period. A driver's license is not a hiring requirement; however, any worker who operates a company vehicle must possess a valid U.S. or equivalent foreign driver's license appropriate for the vehicle being operated.
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