Farmworkers And Laborers

Job description

General Nursery Work will include the following responsibilities:
Using hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes tampers, pruning shears and knives. Duties may include transplanting, pruning, trimming, staking, digging and harvesting nursery stock in the field. Workers may be required to move balled and burlapped trees using tractors and farm equipment. Workers will spend prolonged periods of time standing, walking, carrying and stopping.

This is a Skill Level II position and requires at least 3 months of nursery and farm experience.

Workers will take part in all aspects of cultivating, harvesting and shipping “balled-and-burlapped” nursery stock. Duties include:
-kneeling to pin burlap on root ball
-kneeling to tie twine to secure root ball
-crimping wire baskets on root ball with lightweight hand held crimping tool
-tie treetops with twine to prepare for shipping
-tipping trees into mechanical loader for transport (must be able to lift 60 lbs.)
-loading trees onto trucks for shipping
-installing and/or removing plastic tree trunk protectors with tape dispenser
-installing and/or removing wire or fiberglass tree stakes
-weed removal with a hoe or shovel
Workers may also operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment and other commonly used equipment in agriculture and drive vehicles to transport farm workers, crops or equipment.

Special Requirements

The offered wage rate is the highest of the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) or the prevailing piece rate at the time work performed. These rates are subject to change and may increase during the period of this contract based on the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) or the prevailing piece rate.