Nursery Worker

Job description

Duties may include: workers will pin and rope balled and burlap trees, tightening wire cages with various hand tool. Applying granulated fertilizer to all trees. Plant new transplants (spring and fall) in containers with hand scoops/shovels and new field bareroot transplants. Remove/install winter covers/protection. Use bamboo or fiberglass rods to stake trees. Prune trees with hand pruners as needed. Digging up and preparing sold trees, Maintain nursery with regular mowing, watering, weeding, and general cleanup, harvest trees and shrubs when they become of age/maturity. Maintain nursery grounds daily, providing a safe and clean work environment & other related Nursery Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-2092 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work.

Special Requirements

Must be 18 years of age. Worker has 3 days from date of hire to show proof of legal authorization to work in the United States. Drug/alcohol/tobacco free work zone. Static strength; exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, unload, carry objects up to 80lbs (possible 2-person); may climb, walk, stand, reach, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, wash, clean: equip, grounds, area. All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified. Based on Employer's discretion/cost: Worker may have random drug/alcohol testing during employment: positive test/refusal to abide = dismissal. Variable weather conditions may apply.