Nursery Worker - Long Season

Job Duties Workers may perform the following duties which are related to nursery production. Assist supervisors in directing assigned tasks and instructing workers in planting, harvesting, grading, labeling, packing, and loading activities. May serve as lead worker in small crews. Fill containers using automated soil filling machinery; place identification stakes, labels, tags, and individualized pre-pricing information on finished product; prune, pinch, remove dead leaves, old flowers, off of plants to create market quality product; install shade cloth, or shade coverings; maintain, irrigation equipment by opening and closing doors and vents; fertilize plants; fill customer orders by directing self to plant location, selecting quality plants, and placing product on carts; place plastic or paper sleeve over plant before shipment to customers; perform quality control and accurate counts by recounting pulled order and assuring plant quality. Pull orders (while selecting quality plants) according to customer request; place tags and apply marketing material to finished product; prunes trees and marketable plants; perform quality control; and apply plants and weeds with pesticides and herbicides; label, count and grade plants using instruments and quality standards of nursery; record information to maintain records for accurate inventory using spreadsheet or computerized inventory control equipment including computer, handheld inventory device; process and package shipping paperwork, mix soil and prepare growth media using skid steer or front end loader; cover or uncover poly structures, cover and uncover plants with frost blankets. Conduct inventory of plant materials; conduct quality control inspections; prepare and organize orders for boxing, operate irrigation pumps and monitor particular/individual crops water needs to ensure application of correct amount of irrigation water; perform heavy manual labor; perform minor adjustments, maintenance or repair of equipment, machinery, and small structures; operate large agricultural machinery, mow and perform grounds maintenance. Build and assemble bamboo trellises used in plant production; place plants back in the field that were mistakenly order pulled, cancelled by customer, damaged, or of poor quality; fix and maintain signage used for identifying hundreds of plant varieties in fields; enter planting records into computer; remove, repair, and replace above ground irrigation parts; erect hoop houses by utilizing a mechanical jack hammer to pound metal stakes into the ground for stabilization; irrigate plant material (hundreds of varieties) based on plant variety water need and climate conditions; take and stick unrooted softwood, hardwood and tissue culture cuttings, and divide perennial clumps. Operate forklifts & tractors while pulling wagons and trailers; back up trailers; operate skid steers, articulating loaders or front-end loaders, pick-ups, small trucks, dump trailers, golf carts, ATV’s, farm implements, and other machinery that might be used in a wholesale nursery; and transport workers for nursery activities (workers with appropriate driver’s license and driving record only).

Salary : $17