Seasonal Nursery Worker

Seasonal Nursery Worker at Valley Tissue Culture, Inc. in Halstad, MN.

Duties may include: Tissue culture potato plantlets. Prep tissue culture media and disposable containers. Prep greenhouse for planting plantlets and microtubers. Lay drip irrigation tubes and plumb feeder tubes into watering system. Pull leaf samples for testing. Harvest, grade, size tubers for seed storage. Replace greenhouse soil. Grade, ship, pack seed potatoes. Clean & disinfect all work areas & other related Farmworker and Laborers, Crop activities as per SOC/OES 45-2092 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work. Daily start and stop times may vary depending on crop production and harvest needs.

The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.

Work begins January 15, 2027 and ends November 15, 2027.

Pay is $15.63 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 40 hours per week.