NURSERY WORKER

H2ajobs; Rock Island (TN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers for outdoor tree production duties in Tennessee. The role involves manual planting, cultivation, transplantation, and harvesting of trees under field conditions.

Typical tasks include operating tractors and skid steers, field maintenance, ball digging, tying tops, wrapping trunks, hauling trees, and loading trucks, plus fertilizing, pruning, trimming, and spraying trees to support healthy growth.

Qualifications

• 2 months of agricultural experience required.

Responsibilities

• Manually plant, cultivate, transplant, and harvest trees.
• Operate tractors and skid steers; maintain fields and perform ball digging, tie tops, and wrap tree trunks in protective felt.
• Haul trees and load trucks; fertilize, prune, trim, and spray trees.

Job description

Tasks to Perform

Manually plant, cultivate, transplant, and harvest trees.

Duties Include

Operate tractors and skid steers. Maintain fields, perform ball digging, tie tops, wrap tree trunks in protective felt, haul trees, and load trucks. Fertilize, prune, trim, and spray trees.

Equipment Used

Backpack sprayers, hand pruners, tie tape guns, smaller tractors, and implements such as sprayers, bush hogs, disks, and tillers.

Housing

Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals

Housing will have free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and transportation will be provided to the grocery store weekly.

Transport

Inbound: The employer will reimburse the worker, after 50% of the contract is completed, for daily subsistence and transportation costs incurred from their home to the place of employment, at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges. All visa costs will be reimbursed by the employer in the first workweek, as required by regulations.

Experience wanted

2 months

2 months of agricultural experience required.