Job Detail
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Job ID 4665
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Experience Less Than 1 Year
Job Description
Employer: H2A COMPLETE II, INC.
USA State: Illinois
Job Title: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
Total H2a – Workers Needed: 10 (St Elmo)
Skills Required: None
Rate p/hour: $18.18
Min estimated hours per week: 54
Contract start date: 1/4/2025
Contract end date: 9/28/2025
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Job Duties:
- Workers must follow directions from the supervisor in charge. Job duties include, but are not limited to, the following: shovel, haul, spread manure, dig holes, ditches and trenches, tilling soil, applying fertilizers, transplanting, thinning or pruning crops and applying pesticides.
- Manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables, horticultural specialties and field crops. Hoe weeds in fields.
- May be required to do some incidental record keeping.
- May be required to do spot picking and/or clipping, include pulling weeds by hand.
- Plant seedlings while riding mechanical planter, by hand or using a vacuum seeder.
- May drive tractor, hook and unhook planter. Use hand tools such as: shovels, trawls, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives.
- Cut produce and place in containers.
- Containers place on wagon in field and remove weeds from the containers.
- May place, plant, stake, and zip tie in larger vegetable containers.
- Pick, wash, sort and grade assorted vegetable plants.
- Water plants and replace hoses in the greenhouses.
- May move flower and/or vegetable containers from greenhouse to greenhouse.
- Place cut flowers in water and prepare for shipment.
- Pick up containers of flowers and/or vegetables and load them on shipping carts.
- Prepare or ready baskets of flowers for sale.
- May drive forklift to load and unload plants and produce on truck to fill orders.
- Sweep and clean out delivery trucks for next day’s deliveries.
- Clean and organize greenhouses and sheds after use.
- Help maintain, cover, and complete minor repairs to existing greenhouses, trellises, fences and farm buildings.
Special Requirements:
- Must be 18 years or older.
- One (1) month experience required in Greenhouse and manually planting, cultivating, pruning, cutting, and harvesting.
- Employer may conduct a Criminal Background Check and/or Drug Screen (Owners Expense).
- All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to the worker.
- There is a lifting requirement of 5-50 lbs.
- Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described.
- Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed.
- Workers may stand in one place for long periods of time and must be able to climb, stand, sit, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push, pull, reach, and lift while performing their required job duties.
- Safety training on tools and equipment will be provided, if necessary.