Greenhouse Worker

Greenhouse Worker at Faith Ranch in Williamsburg, KY.

The employer operates 4 hoop houses and 2 greenhouses used to produce cold-hardy leafy greens such as lettuce, spinach, radishes, mustard greens. Care must be taking to ventilate during warm days and place heavyweight frost cloth over seedlings inside the hoop house on nights when temperatures drop below freezing. Harvest fall/winter crop of broccoli and cabbage. Beginning in January, the employer initiates seeding and production activities warm-weather vegetables, and flowers. Workers in the modified position will perform all greenhouse and floriculture duties including clean and sanitizing greenhouse and trays before seeding, transplanting. Workers will prepare soil and fertilizer, fill trays with dirt, seed and transplant plug plants in to trays or nursery beds as they expand. Monitor and operate irrigation systems, sprinklers, or hand watering. Prune plants to encouage healthy branching ans structure. Ensure climate is controled as needed. Inspect for pest and disease and address promptly to pervent damage to plants and plant loss. Repair and maintain hand tools, sprayers and automated irrigation lines routely. Prepare and set up plants for market and sales.

Work begins January 9, 2027 and ends September 8, 2027.

Pay is $15.87 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 40 hours per week.