Field Worker, X4, Mossyrock, WA

State Employment Security Dept; Mossyrock (WA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

State Employment Security Dept is seeking workers for field production roles involving Christmas tree farming and nursery production in Mossyrock, WA. Tasks include planting, pruning, fertilizing, weed control, harvesting, and loading trees for transport.

Positions require physical outdoor labor, use of hand tools, occasional climbing or ladder work, and adherence to safety protocols. Spanish-language tasks are described in the posting, and no formal education requirements are listed.

Responsibilities

• Christmas Tree Production Field Work: field preparation, stump/branch removal, pruning by hand, fertilizer/lime application, pesticide/fungicide application, ladder/stilts work, weed control by hand or power tools, harvesting, loading and unloading trees, decking and baling, and helicopter sling operations.
• Nursery Production Field Work: transplanting seedlings, lifting transplants, moving irrigation pipes, potting and nursery care, fertilizing, weeding, weedkillers, loading plants, pruning blueberry plants, field or yard cleanup.
• General field nursery tasks across both productions: routine maintenance, unloading and loading of trees/plants, and general cleanliness of field or nursery areas.

Job description

** ENGLISH **

** ESPAÑOL**

*This job opportunity is limited to qualified, available workers that are currently eligible to work in the United States, per federal regulation.*

*Esta oportunidad de trabajo está limitada a trabajadores calificados y disponibles que actualmente son elegibles para trabajar en los Estados Unidos, según la regulación federal.*

Work Tasks to be performed

Christmas Tree Production Field Work Including

Field preparation, stick/stump removal, burning, hand planting trees with shovels, hand application of fertilizer/lime, application of pesticides and fungicides, culture and pruning work by hand including knife shearing, tipping, tying and removing top training sticks, and basal pruning, work with ladders and/or stilts, weed removal using hand equipment or power tools, harvesting including cutting, moving trees within field or at loading area, baling and wrapping trees, slinging bundles for helicopter removal, decking or loading/unloading trees in trucks/trailers.

Nursery Production Field Work Including

Transplanting and/or lifting of seedlings, harvest and pack-out of transplants/seedlings, moving solid set irrigation pipe, potting and care of nursery grown trees/plants, fertilizing, weeding, application of weedkillers, moving or loading nursery plants, pruning blueberry plants, field or nursery yard cleanup.

Tareas Específicas en el Trabajo

Trabajos de campo para la producción de árboles de Navidad, incluyendo: Preparación del terreno, eliminación de ramas y tocones, quema de residuos, plantación manual de árboles con palas, aplicación manual de fertilizantes y cal, aplicación de pesticidas y fungicidas, labores de cultivo y poda manual (incluyendo recorte con cuchillo, despunte, atado, retirada de guías superiores y poda basal), trabajos con escaleras y/o zancos, eliminación de maleza mediante herramientas manuales o eléctricas, cosecha (incluyendo el corte, el traslado de árboles dentro del campo o en el área de carga, el enfardado y embalaje de los árboles, el enganche de fardos para su extracción mediante helicóptero), y la estiba o carga/descarga de árboles en camiones y remolques.

Trabajos de campo en la producción de viveros, incluyendo:

Trasplante y/o extracción de plántulas; cosecha y empaque de trasplantes y plántulas; movimiento de tuberías de riego de instalación fija; macetado y cuidado de árboles y plantas cultivados en vivero; fertilización; deshierbe; aplicación de herbicidas; traslado o carga de plantas de vivero; poda de plantas de arándano; y limpieza del campo o del p