Job Information
NJ Employer Farm Workers in East Windsor, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 05/13/2024 to 12/20/2024
3 months of agricultural work is required, with a preference for some experience with cut flower or nursery production
Crops/Commodities: Cut flowers. Plant, cultivate, harvest, bunch, tie, and package flowers. Use hand tools including, but not limited to: shovels, hoes, post pounders, and knives. Plant roots, seeds, plugs, and bulbs. Spread plastic, landscape fabric or other ground covering. Clean ground covering by hand from ground upon removal. Till soil. Weed and thin plants. Transplant plants by hand or with mechanical transplanter. Stake/tie, trellis/prune plants, and set posts and wires for vine plants. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Tie flowers in bunches. Wrap bunched flowers in paper. Harvest flowers by cutting stems with pruning shears or a sharp knife. Greenhouse work may include loading soil in trays, planting seeds and cuttings into pots in trays, watering seedlings, moving trays from one greenhouse to another, transplanting seedlings in trays, and loading trays for transport. Consolidate plants. Space, label and tag plants. Locate, select, prepare, tag and load product onto wagons, racks and trucks for shipping. Grade, sort, and place product in shipping containers. Plant, cultivate and harvest flowers in a greenhouse operation. Lower and clip plants, remove shoots, prune, de-leaf, and harvest crops. Raise and lower vines. Plant, interplant, and transplant by hand. Pick, cut, lift, or pull crops. Stack and de-stack product and supplies. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description.
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