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Nursery Worker

  • Green Horizons Nursery & Landscape, LLC
  • Warren, MICHIGAN
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Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)

Pay
$15.00 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
9/7/2026 to 12/30/2026
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 2 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$15.00 / hour
Positions offered
4 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
9/7/2026
Contract end
12/30/2026
Visa type
H-2A
Address
22500 Ryan Road
ZIP code
48091
Hours per week
40

Additional pay information

Michigan’s Earned Sick Time Act 338, employers must provide earned sick time, with the amount of paid leave varying by employer size

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Skill Level 1 Planting, Cultivating, Crops and Commodities: perennials, shrubs, trees. Primary duties (performed during the majority of workdays): Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual nursery tasks.
  • Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws.
  • Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: mowers, planters, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, forklifts, skid loaders, cooling equipment and refrigeration units. Palletize and stack boxes and containers.
  • Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.
  • Clear debris, maintain nursery buildings structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Put temporary deer netting around nursery to protect trees and to deter deer from foraging and defecating in the production areas.
  • Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins, trays and other containers with product, level bins.
  • Perform quality control on inbound and outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle fragile products carefully to prevent damage.
  • Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Clean and sanitize workstation.
  • Install and maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes.
  • Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products.
  • Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants.
  • Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures.
  • Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs.
  • Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional rain showers that is not severe enough to stop field operations.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
2 months of experience

This job requires a minimum of 2 months of prior agricultural experience working in a farm, nursery or field crop production. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform all duties of entry level workers with accuracy and efficiency.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26187-080583
Case status
Certification issued

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