Job Information
NJ Employer Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, in Baldwinsville, New York
Anticipated period of employment: 02/01//2025 to 11/30/2025
Workers referred against this order must have a minimum of 3 months experience in performing tasks described in this order.
Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants and flowers that may include ornamental flowers, perennials, herbs, annuals, hanging baskets, vegetable starter plants, shrubs and flowers using hand and gardening tools. Transplant and/or pot and label them and move to indoor or outdoor growing areas. Detect the presence of insects or disease by feeling plants leaves and noting their coloring. Operate forklifts, electric & manual hand jacks, bale busters, conveyors, sprayers and other machinery and equipment needed to fertilize, cultivate, and spray greenhouses and plants. All machinery or equipment operation will be done within the nursery setting and are incidental to work at our business location. Workers will be required to load and unload trucks with plants, supplies, wreaths & greens, as well as chemicals & soils. Spray plants/flowers with prescribed herbicides, fungicides and pesticides to control diseases and insects under strict supervision. Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings and cuttings. Move containerized plants, and flowers, using wheelbarrows or nursery carts. Maintain clean and sanitary work areas. and maintain grounds. Will lift and carry bags of soil & fertilizer weighing up to 80 pounds. Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems. Workers must have experience in working with farm sanitary and safety practices as required in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) plans. Employer will furnish to workers, without cost, all tools and equipment required in the performance of the duties assigned. Workers should report for work with their own suitable work clothing. Field temperatures may range from 30 degrees to 90+ degrees F and work may be done in the rain, snow, mud, wind and sun. Due to health and safety concerns relating to pesticide application and the operation of equipment on our farm, workers are required to have the ability to comprehend simple oral and written instructions in English. After hiring, employer may conduct random drug tests at employers expense. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract contact employer by phone. Referrals, calls and/or interviews will be received or held Monday-Friday between 9AM- 4PM and referred to NY1517624 as the CO is in connection with this NJ number.
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