Sowing Team Member
Raker Roberta's Young Plants
📍 Litchfield, MI · Hillsdale County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26257-233839
- 📞 Phone: +1 (517) 542-4552
- ✉️ Email: wendysanford@raker.com
Employer instructions
Applicant interviews will be via telephone; the employer will take calls from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Wendy Sanford is the contact person. Please call 5175424552 or go to the nearest office or State Workforce Agency. To locate the nearest Michigan Works! Agency, please visit https://www.michiganworks.org or call 800-285-WORKS (9675) | TTY: 711
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Sowing Team Member (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26257-233839
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Move and position greenhouse benches according to facility maps, production schedules, and plant-growth requirements.
Load, unload, move, and stack greenhouse benches using designated equipment.
Set up, operate, monitor, and clean seed-sowing lines and related production equipment.
Catch, handle, transport, and place seeded trays onto greenhouse or production benches.
Locate, pull, organize, and prepare seed needed for scheduled sowing activities.
Monitor seed supplies and inventory levels and report shortages or discrepancies.
Perform routine cleaning, inspection, and basic maintenance of sowing equipment and work areas.
Maintain clean, organized, and safe sowing and production areas.
Unload, handle, transport, and stage growing media and other materials used in sowing and plant production.
Generate, review, and use sowing and production reports as needed to complete assigned work.
Communicate and coordinate with sowing and production team members to complete daily production activities.
Perform other related greenhouse, sowing, plant-production, and crop-handling duties as assign
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb |
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
Must be able to lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
Work requires frequent or extensive pushing and pulling of greenhouse benches, carts, trays, materials, and equipment.
Work may require extended periods of standing, walking, or sitting.
Work requires frequent stooping, bending, reaching, and repetitive movements.
Must be able to work indoors and outdoors and in varying environmental conditions, including greenhouse environments with high temperatures and humidity.
Must be able to occasionally perform assigned work at heights of up to 25 feet, when properly trained and using required equipment and fall-protection procedures.
Must be able to safely use ladders when required for assigned duties.
Must be able to understand and safely use basic hand tools, shop tools, and production equipment appropriate to assigned work.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | In accordance with applicable Michigan state law, Earned Sick Time Act 338. Employers are required to provide earned sick time to their employees. The amount of paid sick leave provided may vary depending on the size of the business. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Litchfield, Mi) |
| Housing | 4 bedroom house, 1 full bath, kitchen |
| Meals | Housing will have free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and transportation will be provided to the grocery store weekly. |
| Daily transportation | Daily transportation will be provided by employer from housing to worksite in company trucks: 2016 Ford Passenger Transit Van - Capacity 16 2011 Kia Soul - Capacity 4 The company provides all gas and maintenance for the vehicles. There is no cost to the workers. The workers will be taken by these vehicles for work and personal use (errands, bank, groceries, church, etc.) as is necessary. |
| Travel to the job | Inbound: The employer will provide commercial bus tickets or private van transportation from the consulate city to the place of employment, paid for in advance. After arrival, the employer will reimburse the worker for daily subsistence and transportation costs incurred to the consulate city, at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges. All visa costs will be paid in advance by the employer as required by regulations. |
| Pay deductions | Applicable state and federal tax withholdings |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26257-233839 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | YOUNGBLOOD & ASSOCIATES, PLLC |
| Posted | Sep 24, 2026 |