Farm Utility Worker

$0.00

Per Hour

DOE (Depends on Experience)

Farm Utility Worker

(Suppressed)

Occupation: Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Location: Venus, FL - 33960

Positions available: 35

Job #: 16899440

Source: WorkInTexas

Posted: 7/29/2025

Updated: 7/29/2025

Expires: 10/7/2025

Web Site: WorkInTexas

Onsite / Remote: Work onsite all of the time

Job Type: Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Medium-term Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID: TWC171845

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Work Onsite

Full Time

Experience

3 Month(s)

Schedule

Full Time

Job Type

Regular

Duration

Medium-term Employment

Hours

40 Hours Per Week

Shift

Day Shift

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Temporary work from: 7/31/2025 - 12/13/2025

Experience: 3 mo.

Lifting Requirement: 50 lbs.

Details

The Farm Utility Worker position includes the planting, growing, maintenance, and packing of plant material. All workers are required to adhere to important safety, quality and production standards alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers.

Primary Responsibilities include:

Accurately and quickly planting young plant material (plugs or liners) while on potting line conveyor

Accurately and quickly pruning plant material to designated specifications

Applying cares tags and bar codes

Assembling, disassembling and/or repairing shipping racks for use or storage

Assembling and/or moving plant material on shipping trays

Applying fertilizer

Unloading trucks and rearranging racks with or without plant material

Pulling, loading, offloading and/or consolidating plant material (plants, plugs or liners) to/from field or production barn as needed and according to job orders and instructions

Repairing and maintaining production and non-production areas such as ground cover repair, grass trimming and weeding at times using mower or gas-powered trimmers

Re-spacing, spreading, consolidating or dumping plant material according to task/job orders

Executing task work orders and documenting quantities and the status of completion

Performing general housekeeping duties such as sweeping, mopping, and picking up trash or debris around the farm

Weeding plant material

Identifying and reporting plant quality issues including removing debris, dirt or poor-quality foliage prior to shipping

Operating or working on production line using soil mixers, flat fillers, conveyors, and potting machines

Replacing plant containers as needed prior to shipping

Placing lot tags in production lots

Pruning or trimming plants as instructed by a grower using pruning shears, scissors, or mechanical trimming equipment

Operating a forklift, farm tractor, golf cart and/or electric tug

Additional Responsibilities include:

Monitoring soil moisture levels and evaluating environmental factors in order to create and execute an irrigation plan

Performing basic preventive maintenance or minor repairs of farm equipment such as tractors, golf carts, sanitation and/or irrigation equipment such as hoses, water breakers, fog lines, drip lines, sprinkle heads, and wands

. Incidental maintenance of equipment and buildings.

Opening and/or closing of shade/greenhouses according to schedule

Installing and/or removing winter plastic

Maintaining and cleaning farm drainage ditches and roadways

Using and maintaining spray equipment as needed to apply fertilizer or other chemicals as may be required

Placing or stacking pots

Properly mixing, measuring, and applying a wide range of pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides in order to execute work orders for sprays and drenches

** SEE ETA 790 FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION **

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