Nursery Workers
Employer
7251 St. Paul Hwy. NE
St. Paul, OR 97137
United States
Job description
Specific Job Requirements:
This is a job description for field-grown and container-grown nursery production, harvest, culture, and care of ornamental trees, conifers, woody and herbaceous ornamental plants.
Harvest of Field Grown Nursery Stock
1.Harvest field-grown plants through manual labor and mechanical harvesting techniques, and
transplant or pot or ball and burlap them.
2.Apply identification tags to field-grown plants.
3.Haul and spread potting soil and fertilizer or other materials using carts and shovels.
4.Move containerized shrubs, plants and trees.
5.Weeding, cleaning and pruning field-grown plants, shrubs and trees.
6.Hand tools, shears, and mechanical pruners may be utilized.
7.Maintenance of tools and equipment and other work that is directly related.
8.May be trained to operate digging equipment for the purpose of harvesting field grown plant
material.
Planting of Field and Container Grown Nursery Stock
1. Plant in prepared ground and soil mix: bare-root, plug, or containerized starter plants. Mechanical planter or manual labor techniques may be used.
2. Apply identification tags to plants.
3. Haul and spread potting soil and fertilizer using cart and shovels.
4. Hand tools, shovels, and shears may be utilized.
5. May assist with field irrigation activities to water field plants.
6. May be trained to operate planting and support equipment.
7. Clean up field after planting.
Special Requirements
Worker must have 1 month of nursery experience.
Please see addendum C: Job qualifications/ Requirements