Farmworkers/laborers

Job description

This job requires nursery work by the worker.
Crops: Ornamental pot plants. These crops listed may or may not be planted and the employer is not limited to only these crops listed.
There are general conditions of employment, general job specifications and individual requirements that are specific to each job duty. The Worker will perform any combination of the following duties:
- Concerned with preparing soil and growth media;
- Cultivating other otherwise participating in horticultural activities under close supervision on acreage, in nursery or in environmentally controlled structure such as a greenhouse and shed;
- Hauls and spreads topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss and other materials to condition land;
- Digs, rakes and screens soil, and fills cold frames and hot beds to prepare them for planting;
- Fills growing tanks with water; plants, sprays, weeds, and waters plants, shrubs and trees;
- Sows grass seed and plants plugs of sod and cuts, roll and stacks sod;
- Traps and poisons pests such as moles, gophers, mice, etc.;
- Plants shrubs in containers; ties, bunches, wraps and packs flowers, plants, shrubs and trees to fill orders.
- Moves containerized shrubs and trees using wheelbarrow; digs up shrubs and trees and wraps their roots in burlap;
- May dip rose cuttings into vat disinfect cuttings prior to storage, may fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing horticultural products;
- May be designated according to employing establishment as grass-farm labor (agriculture); greenhouse laborer (agriculture); nursery laborer (agriculture); rose-farm laborer (agriculture), etc.

Please see Addendum C for additional job duties.

Special Requirements

SEE ADDENDUM C
4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 70lbs.
4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc.
4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc.
4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc.
4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.