Farm Workers And Laborers, Crop, Nursery And Greenhouse
Employer
2389 S Hwy 33
Driggs, ID 83422
United States
Job description
Workers will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production, care, planting, of nursery stock throughout the contract period. Primary duties include: grading seedlings, processing Seedlings, sizing and counting seedlings, boxing seedlings, passing out seedlings in grading room, moving seedlings in and out of coolers, daily cleanup of grading room and work areas, pruning seedlings, hand weeding, hoeing, seedling straitening, staking trees, tying trees, straitening trees, removing pine needles from seedbeds and field, planting seedbeds, applying sawdust, nets, and pins to hold nets, removal of nets and pins. Other duties include pruning trees, thinning seedlings and irrigation of seedlings., unloading, wrapping, mulching, arranging, harvesting, inventory of plant materials to include trees, shrubs, rooted cuttings, perennials vegetables. Preparing soils, seed beds. Workers will use mechanical equipment and hand tools, to include Tractors, Skid loaders, Wheel loader, Excavator, Backhoe, Tillers, Rippers, land planes, drop seeders, Grain drills and other misc. farm implements along with hand tools, shovels, pickax, rakes. All tools will be provided to the worker. Operators of equipment will have the responsibility to maintain, drive, operate, attach farm implements, all operators will be trained on safe operation and daily service requirements. Hand weeding, hoeing, of all crops and areas. Fertilizing of plant materials with organic matter and commercially blended products, by means of motorized, tractor, and walking spreader, hand. Pruning of grasses, shrubs, trees, perennials, vegetables, to promote good branching, yields, and appearance by means of power pneumatic, hedge trimmers, hand pruners, shears. Spraying herbicide, per-emergent (all workers will be trained in proper PPE and supervision and training by licensed qualified supervisor). General tasks during the contract period will include building/repair of shade and trellis structures, installing cold frames, green house, mowing, maintaining shop and yard areas. Cleaning of drainage ways, road shoulders, and ditches, installation of erosion blankets, fabric, and wattles. Identify Irrigation systems repairs by general observation of plant health, installation of water delivery systems to include, pumps, mainlines, laterals, rotating heads, and fixed sprays, low volume drip systems, above and below surface, siphon tube, gated pipe, by means of excavators, trenchers, and shovels. Piping systems to include PVC solvent weld, gasket, HDPE fusion, threaded, remote control valves, gate valves, gated, pivot, automated controllers. Workers will be encouraged to obtain a driver’s license to operate company vehicles, but this is not a mandate for employment. All resident or previous license holders’ drivers must provide a copy of motor vehicle record (MVR) for insurance approval.
Special Requirements
Possible Saturday work available.