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Crops/Commodities:\
cacti, succulents, potted flowering crops.\
Plants, cultivates and maintains in condition for shipping and resale to
customers nursery stock. Pots seedlings, prunes, spaces, irrigates and
culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs,
labels, pulls and stores plants according to variety. Loads/unloads
truck and wagons. Workers will perform work including but not limited to
planting, transplanting, watering in nursery. Count and inventory
plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Fill, lift and carry various
size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 60 pounds. Plants
must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are
broken during transplanting process. Performs any other duties involved
in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock and general
maintenance of greenhouse and production areas.\
Work is to be done for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive
movements and extensive walking. Workers will assist in loading trucks
with product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a
height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be physically
able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations.\
Supervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers.
Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and
communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine
activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties
in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Employer
will instruct workers in the safety and operation of equipment before
use. Workers must operate equipment in a manner that protects operator,
visitors, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Failure
to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result
in termination.\
Must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must
report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable
foot wear. Must wear proper protective footwear that is closed-toe in
nature with a non-slip sole, such as work boots or trail-type shoes.
Shorts, bathing suits or other casual clothing not permitted. Workers
wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start
work.\
Employer-paid post-hire drug and alcohol testing is required upon
reasonable suspicion of use. Workers may not report for work while under
the influence of alcohol or drugs. Except for moderate alcohol
consumption in company housing during non-working hours, the possession
or use of illegal drugs or alcohol on company premises is prohibited and
will be cause for termination.\
Tobacco use strictly prohibited on company property except for
specifically designated areas. No smoking, vaping or tobacco use of any
kind permitted in the fields, company vehicles, worker housing, or on
company premises. This is necessary to protect against transmission of
toxins and contamination from tobacco by-products. Employer reserves the
right to discharge any employee found using any type of tobacco product
in unauthorized areas.\
Work may also include mechanized work using power equipment. Workers
will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or
without direction.
Workers may not use or possess alcohol, drugs, cannabis (marihuana), or
pornographic materials in the employer housing areas and transportation
vehicles. Employees and/or employees\' belongings may be subject to
inspection by the employer. Inspections or searches for prohibited
materials (including but not limited to illegal narcotics, illegal
firearms, illegal paraphernalia drug used for drug use) that may be used
may be conducted by an independent security service or by Company
personnel. nspections or searches for prohibited materials may be
conducted on a regular basis at locations that include Company provided
transportation, employee housing, and in the fields.