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Propagators Jost LTD Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in DES PERES, Missouri
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Workers must follow directions from the supervisor in charge. Job duties include, but are not\ limited to, the following: applying fertilizers, transplanting, thinning or pruning plants/flowers\ and applying pesticides. Manually plant, cultivate and harvest horticultural specialties. May be\ required to do some incidental record keeping. May be required to do spot picking and/or\ clipping, include pulling weeds by hand. Use hand tools such as: shovels, trawls, hoes,\ tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Pick, wash, sort and grade assorted vegetable\ plants. Water plants and replace hoses in greenhouses. May move flower and/or vegetable\ containers from greenhouse to greenhouse. Place cut flowers in water and prepare for\ shipment. Pick up containers of flowers and/or vegetables and load them on shipping carts.\ Prepare or ready baskets of flowers for sale. May drive forklift to load and unload plants and\ produce on truck to fill orders. Sweep and clean out delivery trucks for next days deliveries.\ Clean and organize greenhouses and utility sheds after use. Help maintain and do minor\ repairs to existing greenhouses, trellises, fences and farm buildings