Nursery Workers
Employer
775 Potato Farm Road
Glenmora, LA 71433
United States
Job description
Manual planting, harvesting shrubs, ornamental plants, trees, flowers 45%. Spray, pull, load and unload plants
15%, use hand tools 10% (shovels, trowels, sprayer, hoes, pruning hooks, shears, etc.). Duties include tilling soil, mulching, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning, applying pesticides and fertilizer, grading, sorting and packing 10%. Work in nursery facility 5%. Irrigation and cultivation duties 5%. Minor maintenance and operation of farm equipment 5%. Farm, field and shed sanitation duties 5%. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, fertilizers, pesticides, insect sprays and related chemicals, etc., may affect workers’ ability to perform the job. Must be able to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms, legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting up to 50 pounds, balancing, walking, stooping, bending, stretching, twisting, kneeling, and handling of materials repetitively for long periods of time. Worker may be requested, but is not required, to work additional hours as business needs demand and depending upon the conditions in the fields, orchards, weather, and maturity of crops. After hire, workers may be required to take a random drug test (at employer’s expense) as part of fitness for duty. Work is done in all kinds of weather from extreme heat to cold and rain. Time may vary due to mechanical availability, crop growth and weather conditions.
Special Requirements
None