Tree Farm Worker

Job description

Terra-Scape, Inc. manually performs the following processes: Plant and cultivate, spray, weed, fertilize, transplant, label, prune and water trees, shrubs, and perennials. All operations are done with hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, and pruning shears.

Plant, cultivate and transplant trees and plants: Prepare and till soil, mixing ingredients by hand. Move containers, bare root and balled & burlapped trees to the nesting area. Manually fill up part of the container with soil using hand tools and shovels, then place the plant or bare root in the center of the container by hand and fill up the container with soil using hand gardening tools and shovels, manually press the plant/tree down and compress the soil around the plant/tree. Place label by hand in the container or around one branch. Move them to fertilize with a hand spreader and water it, using a hose. Move the plant/tree to the growing /holding area. Water the plant/tree by hand with a hose. (35% of the time)

Prune: Select the plant/tree to be pruned, move to the area to do the job and using hand tools, and carefully give the shape needed for better appearance or better growing. Water the plants/trees with a hose. Clean the area of branches or plant material sing brooms and shovels, then place tools in the storage area. (10% of the time)

Load trucks: Manually pick up the needed trees, shrubs, and perennials and load them into the delivery truck. Manually cover the products with tarps. Deliver the product to landscape jobs.
(10% of the time)

Spray, weed and fertilize: Remove all weeds in the containers /tree balls by hand, then apply herbicides fertilizers, and pesticides, and hand water the plant/tree. (10 % of the time)

Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers and herbicides. (5% of the time)

Set up and operate irrigation equipment. (5% of the time)

Repair Vehicles: Repair and maintain vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. (5% of the time)

Cleaning: Manually clean work areas with brooms and shovels. Clean tools and hand tools and return to the storage area. Maintain grounds and landscaping using shovels, gardening tools, weed eaters. (5% of the time).

Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and winterizing of plants and trees.
(5% of the time)

Record information: On crops, such as pesticide use, shrinkage, or costs. (5% of the time)

Inform owners and managers of crop progress. (5% of the time)

The worker will be trained in any/all of the activities, including training on all of the necessary equipment and hand tools to be used. Desired Experience: Manually plant, cultivate, spray, weed, fertilize, transplant, label, and water, trees, shrubs, perennials.
The teams are supervised closely by a team leader. Terra-Scape Inc. will provide without charge all tools, supplies, and equipment to perform the duties assigned