Nursery/irrigation Worker
Employer
260 Kings Row Road
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805
United States
Job description
Worker will be required perform a variety of duties related to the production of bare root and container trees/shrubs, conifers, ball and burlap trees, fruit trees and perennials. The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to general farm work/irrigation/crop production.
Will apply specific horticultural techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying out the following responsibilities; prepare fields/plant/weed and irrigate plants/shrubs/trees; sow seed; observe general condition of plants and apply the appropriate care; prune/transplant/pinch plants and cull appropriately to ensure development of product; harvest/pack and store crop; plant shrubs/plants in containers; move containerized trees/shrubs; dig/wrap roots of shrubs/trees and bud grafting. Propagation of nursery plants. Prepare/ship produced crops by: loading/unloading trucks; and lift/transport root balls weighing up to 100 pounds.
Irrigation duties will include the following:
Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn valves to start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times; lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a sustained basis.
Other Irrigation Duties: observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water; disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines after irrigation season.
Special Requirements
Applicants must have 20 days experience with nursery/irrigation work. Applicants hired must be able to obtain a valid Drivers License as driving on public roads may be required. To meet minimum acceptable performance standards when irrigating, the worker must move, after a 10-day conditioning period, an average of at least 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe or 44 40-foot sections of 4-inch pipe per hour under normal working conditions.