What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Labor- Greenhouse Associate position at Arts Labor Service?
Job Title: Greenhouse Associate (Propagation/ Nursery)
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Summary: We are seeking a reliable and detail-oriented Greenhouse Associate to join our cultivation team. The ideal candidate will assist with planting, cloning, maintaining, and harvesting cannabis plants in a greenhouse environment. This role requires hands-on plant care, the ability to work in a fast-paced setting, and a strong commitment to quality, safety, and teamwork.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Prepare bays for planting, empty pot with soil, fill with clean soil, and place plants in 1-gallon plots in each bay o Jiffys.
- Maintain the crop defoliating, establishing
- Irrigation control and plant handling
- Add or remove trellis net in selected bays
- Transfer plant from tables to carts
- Clean bays with Sanidate using appropriate EPP
- Make plant samples
- Maintenance of mother plants and young plants
- Transfer clones to different tables, bays, and farms
- Cut clones and plant
- Pinch plants for growth accountability
- Use required PPE per OSHA regulations
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Previous experience working in a greenhouse, nursery, or agricultural environment is preferred; candidates with plant propagation or cultivation experience are encouraged to apply.
- Familiarity with planting, cloning, defoliation, and general plant care techniques is essential.
- Experience with irrigation systems, trellis netting, and proper plant handling is a plus.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team in a fast-paced greenhouse environment.
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining plant quality, cleanliness, and safety standards.
- Must be able to lift, move, and handle plants and materials as needed throughout the workday.
- Willingness to follow PPE, sanitation, and OSHA safety requirements at all times.
- A positive attitude and dedication to supporting a healthy, productive cultivation environment
Education and/or Experience
- 1-2 years of experience in a greenhouse environment is preferred but not required
Required:
- Must be 21 years of age
- Flexible availability for work hours
- Able to work independently and in a team environment
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude
- This position requires a 40-hour minimum workweek. Willingness to work weekends and holidays if necessary
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand for prolonged periods of time; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is to have the ability to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and use a step ladder. Ability to crouch, grasp and lift product above shoulders in order to lift product from the floor properly. Ability to use the tools necessary to perform works tasks, The ability The employee must be able to lift, push, pull and/or move up to 15-50 pounds.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to work in conditions normally found in a greenhouse with high humidity and variable temperatures, with a good amount of moisture present
- Ability to use the necessary tools to perform work tasks
Work location: In Person
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.00 per hour
Expected hours: No less than 40 per week
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18