Nursery Workers

Job description

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time.

Nursery Labor: Workers will be responsible for planting, weeding, pruning, staking, spraying, and other activities related to growing, and loading potted trees, and shrubs. The workers will also be responsible for maintaining the grounds, and the existing irrigation system.

General Farm Labor: Workers will weed; mow grass, prune trees/hedges, clear land, remove brush, maintain fencing, repair irrigation, and plant young trees and bushes.

Blueberry Harvest: If harvesting, workers will pick gallon buckets of ripe fruit on assigned rows while taking care not to damage or bruise blueberries. Full buckets are delivered to nearby wagon for inspection and weight. Workers are expected to harvest a minimum number of pounds of blueberries per hour, equal to Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) divided by the piece rate and will be subject to disciplinary action for failing to do so. After completion of training and the designated acclimation period,
workers are also expected to maintain quality standards by picking all ripe fruit from bush and avoiding the dropping of fruit on the ground.

Special Requirements

Drug/Alcohol screening may be done post-employment at the employer's expense.