Nursery Worker

Job description

Crops/Commodities:
nursery stock.
General Farm Labor:
Some of the work required from the worker to be performed that is incidental to farming crops listed in this application may be described as performing hand cultivation duties, weeding or hoeing crops, cleaning, repairing seed beds and racks, setting up and moving irrigation pipes and equipment. Tasks the worker must be able to perform include: apply mulch by row mulcher or by hand; apply ground cover to beds using machine or by hand; remove debris from bed preparation process to clean growing area; finish row ends with shovels provided by employer; unload plants by hand from trucks and move plants to planting location by hand; assist in pest controls; install culverts for field drainage; remove and reinstall sprinklers during bed preparation, re-plant missing or unhealthy plants as directed; remove debris, boxes, keep clean growing areas; general nursery maintenance; basic irrigation maintenance; make sandbags, clean and maintain equipment and tools, assist in equipment cleaning, assist in applications by hand or tractor of fertilizers and or/pesticides, apply mouse bait, check and maintain rabbit and mouse traps, cover plant houses with plastic or shade cloth, frost control of sprinklers, frost blanket coverings, or hoop coverings. Worker may also be required to perform the following duties: tilling soil, level land, bed rows, lay/pull drip, connect/disconnect drip, patch/repair plastic, cut and tuck ends of plastic, pull/burn plastic, shovel work, digging/cleaning ditches, set/fix rain birds, fix/adjust mist/irrigation nozzles, punch holes, cut runners, trim leaves (bushes), trees/limbs, thinning/pruning crops, chopping/twisting plants, pick up/burn trash, lay ground cover, pull grass, operate plastic machine (during plastic application), load and unload plastic & drip rolls onto plastic machine, put in drain pipes, paint, mow, make/assemble boxes, clean (equipment and/or facilities), operate equipment, load and unload vehicles. May be necessary to assist in the use of all farm equipment such as tractors, trucks and harvest machinery, etc.

Weeding: Workers will remove weeds by use of a hoe/pickaxe from the walkway and remove all weeds growing around plants by hand. Workers will remove weeds from the growing area by raking piles of debris and dispose of it as directed by the farm manager and or/crew supervisor.

General Clean-Up of Property for Ag Workers: Workers may be required to perform miscellaneous clean-up and maintenance work on structures utilized in the nursery operation. Such clean-up activities include structure cleaning and repair and general clean-up as required. Workers may be required to perform general construction and/or maintenance on lunch rooms, office buildings, pump houses, retail tagging facilities, chemical storage buildings, and/or build new structures on farm property.

Container Tree Maintenance Laborer:
Perform manual and/or machine tasks associated with the cultivation and maintenance of container horticulture trees of various sizes (from cuttings in trays to 20 pot plants). Maintenance of trees including pruning, staking, lifting and straightening of all plants including trees, perennials, and shrubs; and maintenance of holding systems.

Application of fertilizers and use of earth moving equipment, hand tools and gas-powered equipment. Maintain work areas clear of any litter and keep tools and supplies in good working order.

Job Duties: Operate equipment according to safety guidelines (tractors, golf carts, belts, high reach, elevating platforms, pruning tractors, reticulating tractors, etc.)
• Maintain holding systems (ex. Ropes, trellis, rebar, and pipes)
• Utilize various hand tools and small engine gas powered equipment.
• Work on ladders.
• Lift and straighten large container and bare root trees.
• Maintain constant shapes between container sizes when pruning.

Special Requirements

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer-paid pre-employment and post-hire drug testing required. Criminal background check required.