What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworker Laborer Crop position at Kogut Nursery LLC?
Harvesting: Using shovel or machinery, dig shrubs or trees and place them in burlap and/or wire baskets for shipment. Sew or Tie burlap and/or wire baskets. Tie plants with string or rope for shipment.
Cultivating: Cultivate container and field crops either by hand, by machine, or by using hand tools such as hoes, shovels or rakes.
Loading: Load and unload nursery stock and agricultural supplies into or onto trucks and trailers. This work may be done by hand or with equipment such as forklifts, pay loaders, conveyor belts, etc. Using pick slips, select plants for orders and bring those plants to a staging area or loading dock.
Fertilizing: Under supervision, fertilize trees, shrubs, containerized nursery stock, or greenhouse plants.
Chemical Application: Under supervision, and while adhering to all laws and safety procedures, spray or apply herbicides and/or pesticides on or around trees, shrubs, or containerized nursery stock.
Trimming: Using shears, knives or trimming machines, prune or trim trees, shrubs or containerized nursery stock. Use string trimmers to trim grass and low weeds.
Weeding: Remove weeds in and around containerized nursery stock and field grown nursery stock either by hand or with tools. Cut grass and weeds with mowing equipment.
Labeling: Label or tag trees, shrubs, or containerized nursery stock.
Propagation: Propagate by cuttings, grafts, seed, or other methods, trees, shrubs, or containerized nursery stock.
Planting: Plant nursery stock into pots or into the ground.
Potting: Shift by hand or using machinery, containerized nursery stock into larger pots or buckets.
Watering: Water nursery stock using irrigation equipment or by hose. Set-up, move and use irrigation pipe, pumps, hoses and sprinklers.
Spacing: Space and consolidate containerized nursery stock.
Greenhouses: Install and remove plastic film from greenhouses either by hand or by machine. Repair, remove, or relocate pipe greenhouses.
Equipment: Operate equipment including, but not limited to, trucks, forklifts, tractors, pay loaders, tree diggers, and mowers, when directed to do so by a supervisor.
Cleaning and Maintenance: Clean and maintain farm tools and farm equipment.
Other Work: Perform any other job associated with growing nursery stock.
Additional optional hours will be available during busy periods.
1 year tenure wage offer $18.83
Salary : $19