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Requirements
Education
No Formal Education
Skills & Abilities
Work site environment
- Floriculture production
- Outdoors
- Hot
Work setting
- Rural area
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields and other work areas
- Consider water saturation, light and temperature when planning for germination
- Cultivate on vertical farming system
- Cut horticultural crops
- Divide fresh harvested produce into marketable lots and non
- marketable lots
- Greenhouse cleaning
- Mixing fertilizer
- Seed cutting
- Tie and secure plants
- Weeding
- Write daily basic progress reports
- Spray or dust plants with insecticides and fungicides
- Mix and prepare soils
- Plant bulbs and seeds
- Pot and re
- pot plants
- Transplant seedlings or rooted cuttings
- Apply fertilizers
- Report signs of insect or disease damage
- Assist in grafting activities
- Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
- Clean work area
Type of product
- Perennials
- Bedding plants
- Ornamental trees, shrubs and hedges
- Seasonal plants
- Tropical plants
Equipment and machinery experience
- Forklift
- Garden tractors
- Irrigation pumps and equipment
- Mechanical seeder
- Mechanical sprayer
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
- Public transportation is not available
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast
- paced environment
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Large workload
- Attention to detail
- Hand
- eye co
- ordination
Weight handling
- Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Reliability
- Team player
Screening questions
- Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
- Do you have experience working in this field?
Employment terms options
- Early morning
- Evening
- Flexible hours
- Morning
- On call
Employment terms options
- Day
- Weekend
- Overtime required
- Overtime available
Compensation Details
$16.50 hourly
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