Nursery (landscape) Assistant
Empowering Hope Partners
Job Summary: Assist with all aspects of nursery operations, including breeding (seed creation), cloning, transplanting, feeding, pest management, environmental monitoring, harvesting and record-keeping.
Duties and Responsibilities:
– Perform seed and plant maintenance using standard procedures including but not limited to, cloning, transplanting, feeding, breeding, germinations, and pest management.
– Maintain clean environment by removing and disposing of all waste, cleaning, and sanitizing all rooms and tools used daily.
– Assist in collecting data to monitor plant health, soil health, environmental control systems, and seed-to-sale tracking.
– Meet any required activity performance counts.
– Master and apply basic principles of nursery SOPs and sanitation.
– Assist others as part of a team to accomplish nursery goals set forth by management.
– Perform all tasks set by management in a safe and efficient manner.
– This role routinely uses standard office equipment, technology, and software.
Working Environment:
– Uneven surfaces, stand/sit long periods of time, bending/stooping, or hard surfaces.
– Required to wear PPE.
– Working in a nursery environment, which can include no natural light, varying temperatures, and louder than normal ambient noise.
– May be required to work outdoors and/or during inclement weather.
Minimum Qualifications:
Age: 18 years of age
Experience:
– Agriculture, horticulture, or plant growing experience.
– 1-year on the job training is required.