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Greenhouse Worker

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Compensation
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Location
Phillipsburg, NJ
Schedule
Temporary / Seasonal
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Greenhouse Worker cultivates and handles vegetable, flower, and herb seedlings and plants, performs greenhouse and nursery maintenance, and prepares horticultural products for packing and delivery. The work includes outdoor exposure to extreme weather and prolonged physical activity, including lifting up to 50 pounds. Employment is anticipated from November 8, 2026, through July 16, 2027.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Greenhouse or Nursery WorkProlonged StandingReachingWalkingBendingPushing and PullingLifting and Carrying

Qualifications

2 Months Greenhouse or Nursery ExperienceMust Be 18+

Full job description

Anticipated period of employment: 11/08/2026 to 07/16/2027 2 months of greenhouse or nursery experience required. Work is outdoors in extremely hot, cold, or wet weather and requires prolonged standing, reaching, walking, bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting, carrying and loading of up to 50 lbs. Must be 18 or older. Drug and alcohol testing is conducted post hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process Cultivate, cut, and transplant vegetable, flower and herb seedlings and cuttings within a seedling line; Plant, spray, weed, and water plants using hand tools and gardening tools; Prepare soil and growth media; Feel plants' leaves and note coloring to detect presence of insects or disease; Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality; Operate tractors and machinery to fertilize, cultivate and/or spray; Apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers; Haul and spread fill-sand to maintain greenhouse floors, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels; Tag trays; assemble trays, pots and caged pots; Push and pull 100 460 lb rolling carts; Lay down and pick up seed flats for delivery or transplant to another greenhouse; Load and unload racks; Loading plants from the greenhouse onto the racks/carts and delivering to the staging/loading area; Helping unload plants at the greenhouse, that do not meet the quality specifications; Fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing horticultural products; Maintain and repair nursery buildings/greenhouses; Clean work areas, sanitize, and maintain grounds, greenhouses, warehouse, and landscaping; Perform nursery sanitation duties including picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms and sweeping floors. Work in a standing, fast-paced assembly line for long periods of time during peak season;. ***See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description. *** 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 Interested workers can contact the employer by email or phone. Please provide your full name, a callback number, the name of the job you are applying for, your mailing address or e-mail address, and how you heard about the job. In-person interviews may be available at the request of the applicant but are not required. The employer will review screening applications, resumes or other electronic self-referrals, conduct follow up telephone interviews and will consider the worker for the job based on the worker's qualifications. Standard office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00a.m. - 3:00 p.m. See AOSOS comment section before making any referrals.

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