Puller

The Pulling Department brings plants to designated areas for customer orders or transferring to other Devil Mountain sites.

Essential Functions:

• Good knowledge of plant identification, quality, and health.

• Follow direction of Crew Leader regarding which zone or area to pick material from.

• General care for pulling plants and pulling plants that will be acceptable to customer.

• Proper use of the Latitude Scanner to ensure correct plants are pulled and that inventory is updated in the system.

• Assist with manual picks, yard order builds, and front counter orders and rebuild discrepancies into inventory.

• Operates tractors, RTVs or electric carts with trailers to move around the nursery.

• Ensure plants have been watered before leaving in the will call or delivery areas.

• Assist customers in the yard with locating plants material, lifting heavy plant containers, and loading plant material.

• Must be able to communicate with the office staff regarding orders and other pulling requests. Listen for request on the radio, stay alert to communicate with all departments on orders.

• Utilizes and maintains the PPE provided, care and clean company equipment used.

• General care for the nursery grounds, keeping the nursery clean, organized, and safe for employees, customers, and vendors.

• General care for nursery stock (plants), ensures plants are watered, handled with care, and are placed in the appropriate location.

Additional Tasks:

• May assist in other nursery departments as needed.

• Duties are subject to change at any time per management’s discretion.

Job Specifications:

Constantly works in outdoor weather conditions on uneven ground surfaces and rainy weather. Must be able to remain in a stationary position (standing/sitting). Extensive walking. Stooping, kneeling, and crouching required. Bending at the waist, twisting, turning, and squatting is required.

Lifting requirements: Up to 50 lbs. 75% of the time. Up to 100 lbs. 25% of the time (team lift techniques when required).

Hand movement: Gross grasping for moving plant material. Use of hands/fingers.