Farm Worker & Laborer
Employer
8252 REDSTONE AVE SE
SALEM, OR 97306
United States
Job description
All work will be conducted on the A&E Christmas Tree farm this season. The season will begin with the planting of seedling fir trees by clearing an area with the use of a planting shovel, digging a hole large enough that when the seedling is placed in the hole there is no J root as a result. The roots are then covered and netting is placed around the newly planted tree to protect it from wildlife. The newly planted trees are then fertilized.
The existing Christmas trees are then pruned and sheered and shaped with the use of hand sheers and cutting tools. Workers will dig and remove the roots and stumpage that were left after last season's harvest of Christmas trees.
Beginning November 1, 2022, the harvesting of the Christmas Trees will begin. The trees selected for harvesting range in size from 6' to 8', from top to the cut and range in weight from 60 lbs up to 75 lbs once cut down. When needing to lift items weighing more than 50 pounds, use two or more people to lift the load. The trees are cut with the use of a chain saw that weighs 30 lbs and must be carried throughout the farm, going from one tree to another. The trees are then stacked onto a pile and removed from the area with the use of a sling. The trees are then transported to a staging area where they are individually bailed and loaded by hand onto a truck for transport to the different wholesaler locations.
Once the harvesting is completed, workers will clean the farm area and staging area of all debris and finish the removal of roots and stumpage as required.
**Todo el trabajo se llevar a cabo en la granja A&E Christmas Tree esta temporada. La temporada comenzar con la plantacin de abetos de plntulas despejando un rea con el uso de una pala de siembra, cavando un hoyo lo suficientemente grande como para que cuando la plntula se coloque en el hoyo no haya raz J como resultado. Luego se cubren las races y se coloca una red alrededor del rbol recin plantado para protegerlo de la vida silvestre. Los rboles recin plantados son luego fertilizados.
Los rboles de Navidad existentes se podan y se cortan y se forman con el uso de esquiladores manuales y herramientas de corte. Los trabajadores cavarn y removern las races y los tocones que quedaron despus de la cosecha de rboles de Navidad de la temporada pasada.
A partir del 1 de noviembre de 2022, comenzar la cosecha de los rboles de Navidad. Los rboles seleccionados para la cosecha varan en tamao de 6 'a 8', desde la parte superior hasta el corte, y varan en peso desde 60 lb hasta 75 lb una vez cortados. Los rboles se cortan con el uso de una motosierra que pesa 30 libras y deben transportarse por toda la granja, yendo de un rbol a otro. Luego, los rboles se apilan en una pila y se retiran del rea con el uso de una honda. Luego, los rboles se transportan a un rea de preparacin donde se rescatan individualmente y se cargan a mano en un camin para transportarlos a las diferentes ubicaciones de mayoristas.
Una vez que se completa la cosecha, los trabajadores limpiarn el rea de la granja y el rea de preparacin de todos los escombros y terminarn la eliminacin de las races y el tope segn sea necesario.
Special Requirements
MUST BE ABLE TO START AND COMPLETE THE SEASON: April 26, 2022 - DECEMBER 15, 2022.
WORK ON YOUR FEET, 8 HOURS A DAY, BENDING/STOOPING, USING HAND TOOLS(PRUNING HOOKS AND SHEERS), PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER IN A SAFE MANNER.
WORKERS MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO:
1. DRIVER TRACTORS AND FARM TRUCKS
2. MIX/SPRAY CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
3. PERFORM GENERAL REPAIR, UNDER SUPERVISION, OF AG EQUIPMENT
4. BE ABLE TO WORK IN A COLD AND WET ENVIRONMENT
5. When needing to lift items weighing more than 50 pounds, use two or more people to lift the load.
ALL JOB ACTIVITIES WILL BE LIMITED TO A&E FARMS. THE WORKERS WILL RECEIVE THE PROPER TRAINING OF ANY OF THE ABOVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE/FEDERAL LAWS THAT REQUIRE SAID TRAINING FOR HANDLING PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES