Farm Workers and Laborers, Crop

Huber Nurseries - Manheim, PA

Full-time - Entry Level

Manheim, PA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Farm Workers and Laborers position at Huber Nurseries involves manual and machine tasks associated with nursery production in a commercial wholesale nursery. The role is temporary, with employment dates from February 22, 2025, to December 15, 2025, and requires physical labor, attention to detail, and the ability to work with various nursery equipment and chemicals.

Responsibilities

• Plants, digs, mulches, transplants, mows and waters in nurseries and seasonal holding houses.
• Maintains plants including fertilizing, pruning, watering and tagging.
• Counts and inventories plants.
• Propagates plants from cutting.
• Loads finished plants onto wagons and trucks.
• Builds and maintains seasonal holding houses including removal of plastic in Spring and covering with plastic in Fall.
• Maintains ground plants including planting, hand digging and covering root ball with minimal damage.
• Fills and carries various size pots with soil and plants weighing up to 85 pounds (38.55kg).
• Plants, cultivates and maintains ornamental shrubs and trees in condition for shipping and resale to customers.
• Pots seedlings, prunes, transplants, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products.
• Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to a variety.
• Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock including, but not limited to, irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, product installation and feeding.
• Maintains holding yards and shipping areas.
• Operates nursery equipment including, but not limited to, tractors, sprayers, cultivators, planters and skid-loaders with tree spade.

Requirements

• 3 months of verifiable experience required working in Nursery Production.
• Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time.
• Ability to use tools and operate nursery equipment without direction.
• Ability to work with plants, insect spray and related chemicals used in nursery operations.

Nice-to-haves

• Conscientious work habits and attention to detail.

Benefits

• Temporary employment with specified dates.
• Opportunity for additional hours during busy seasons.