Nursery Worker - Dock

Application Deadline: 06/04/2026 Job Location: Salinas,CA Date Posted: 05/14/2026 Hours Worked Per Week: 40 Shift: Day Shift Duration of Job: Full Time, less than 6 months How to apply for this position:
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Job Summary: Employer is looking to fill 25 Nursery Worker - Dock positions. This is a temporary, full-time, seasonal position from 3/10/2026 to 8/31/2026 in Salinas, California.

Requirements: 2 months Nurser Worker experience. Drug test.

Employer Note: No minimum education required.

Job Duties: flowering and ornamental plants.
Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays):
Plants, cultivates and maintains in condition for shipping and resale to customers nursery stock. Pots seedlings, prunes, spaces, irrigates and culls plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Packs, labels, pulls and stores plants according to variety. Loads/unloads truck and
wagons. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, transplanting, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Fill, maneuver and carry various size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 60 pounds.
Select plants for transport to the dock. Plants to be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock and maintenance of holding yards and
shipping areas. Repair and maintain essential nursery equipment.
On the dock, workers will sort, clean, re-pot, assemble and label nursery stock in accordance with employer standards. Final product will be placed on trays and loaded on trucks for delivery. Remove plastic trays from racks and organize by size, build and break down shipping racks
depending on configuration. Workers may assist with the set up and takedown of seasonal holding houses.
Essential duties: Maintain a clean, neat, orderly and safe work area. Ability to read numbers and names and differentiate between plants. Clean pots and plants. Re-pot/assemble plants in containers as directed by supervisor. Pack finished product securely in boxes and place in trays.
Load finished trays onto racks. Shrink wrap finished racks and verify correct name and UPC are on labels.
Load and unload plants from trucks. Upon training, proficient and safe use of hand tools including but not limited to shovels and clippers. Maneuver, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Workers who have received training may use various ag equipment to complete these tasks in a safe
manner, while under supervision.

Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Three-quarter guarantee.

Wages: $16.90 per hour. Employer will make all required deductions. Job Classification: Farmworkers And Laborers, Crops, Nursery, and Greenhouse
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employment outlooks, skills, training programs, related occupations, and more. Compensation Salary: $16.90 perHour Job Requirements Experience Required: At least 3 months Education Required: None Minimum Age: N/A Gender: N/A Employer Will Perform: Drug Test