Horticulture Coordinator

Prepare and maintain time or payroll reports, as well as details of personnel actions, such as performance evaluations, hires, promotions, or disciplinary actions.

Confer with managers to evaluate weather or soil conditions, to develop plans or procedures, or to discuss issues such as changes in fertilizers, herbicides, or cultivating techniques.

Review employees' work to evaluate quality and quantity.

Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.

Recruit, hire, or discharge workers.

Direct or assist with the adjustment or repair of farm equipment or machinery.

Arrange for transportation, equipment, or living quarters for seasonal workers.

Estimate labor requirements for jobs and plan work schedules accordingly.

Requisition or purchase supplies, such as insecticides, machine parts or lubricants, or tools.

Issue equipment, such as farm implements, machinery, ladders, or containers to workers, and collect equipment when work is complete.

Calculate or monitor budgets for maintenance or development of collections, grounds, or infrastructure.

Monitor or oversee construction projects, such as horticultural buildings or irrigation systems.

Inspect facilities to determine maintenance needs.

Observe workers to detect inefficient or unsafe work procedures or to identify problems, initiating corrective action as necessary.

Perform hardscape activities, including installation or repair of irrigation systems, resurfacing or grading of paths, rockwork, or erosion control.

Prepare reports regarding farm conditions, crop yields, machinery breakdowns, or labor problems.

Contract with seasonal workers and farmers to provide employment.

Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.

Plan or supervise infrastructure or collection maintenance functions, such as planting, fertilizing, pest or weed control, or landscaping.

Assign duties, such as cultivation, irrigation, or harvesting of crops or plants, product packaging or grading, or equipment maintenance.

Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields.