Nursery Technician

Position Summary

The Nursery Technician plays a key role in our facility. The Nursey Technician will be responsible for cleaning and maintenance when needed in the faclity, including painting and repairs. They will also be responsible for conducting plant trials, plant husbandry, and general nursery labor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Cleaning and maintenance of facility, including painting and minor repairs
• Plant husbandry, including transplanting, pruning, staking, cloning, watering, foliar feeding, pesticide applications, harvesting, trimming.
• General nursey labor, including irrigation system, assembly and maintenance, reservoir maintenance, environmental control maintenance, garden upkeep and general equipment maintenance/cleaning.
• Conducting plant trials, including pheno-hunting, mixing and applying nutrients, recording measurements, analysis of results
• Other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Must have strong data entry skills, be able to interpret work order information
• Capability to perform as a functional team member in successfully meeting organizational objections and expectations
• Compliance with all personal protective equipment requirements
• Competency while following company SOP's, company policies and procedures
• Effectively collaborates with all team members
• Ability to read, write, understand, and speak in English
• Self-motivated to accomplish various tasks with or without direction
• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Adaptive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with change & adaptation to new systems & workflow

The starting compensation for this position is $23/hr with an increase to $25/hr after 90 days.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Occasionally required to lift and move equipment and supplies weighing 50lbs or more.
• Work with plants while sitting, kneeling, standing. or crouching for extended periods.

Environmental Conditions

• Low temperatures.
• High temperatures.
• Noisy environments.
• High Light-Intensity environments.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) of this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.