Specialized Nursery Worker

H2ajobs; Boring (OR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs in Oregon is seeking a nursery harvest worker to perform field and container plant harvesting and related duties.

Work includes manual and mechanical harvesting, tagging plants, moving soils and materials, and caring for containerized shrubs and trees. Training is provided; housing is available with meals facilities described by the employer.

Qualifications

• 3 months nursery experience.

Responsibilities

• Harvest field and container grown plants.
• Apply identification tags to field and container grown plants.
• Haul and spread potting soils and fertilizer or other materials using carts, scoops or shovels.
• Move containerized shrubs, conifers, and trees.
• Weeding, cleaning, and pruning field container grown plants.
• Use hand tools such as pruners, pruners? wait, re-check text
• The text says: Use hand tools such as shears, pruners, blowers, trimmers, rakes, and shovels.

Job description

Harvest of field and container grown nursery stock:

1.Harvest field grown plants through manual labor and mechanical harvesting techniques, transplant and pot into containers.

2.Apply identification tags to field and container grown plants.

3.Haul and spread potting soils and fertilizer or other materials using carts, scoops or shovels.

4.Move containerized shrubs, conifers, and trees.

5.Weeding, cleaning, and pruning field container grown plants.

6.Use hand tools such as shears, pruners, blowers, trimmers, rakes, and shovels.

7.Maintain tools of all kinds in the manner in which we train you to do.

8.May be trained to operate tractors, ATV’s, forklifts, and other field digging and potting equipment.

9.Plant in prepared ground or containers: bareroot, plugs, or containerized starter plants. Mechanical planter or manual labor techniques may be used.

10.May assist with field irrigation activities to water field and container plants.

11.Work to keep all work and production areas clean of debris and dead plants.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The Employer will furnish cooking facilities with working appliances, hot water, a place to prepare food at no cost to employees occupying employer-provided housing.

Employees will purchase their own food and prepare their own meals. In the event that it becomes necessary for the employer to provide 3 meals a day to the workers, the employer will deduct $16.78 per day or the current allowable charge as designated by the DOL from each worker’s pay.

All breaks and lunches will be subject to local, state, and federal regulations.

Transport: See Addendum C: Inbound/Outbound Transportation

Experience wanted: 3 months

Worker must have 3 months of nursery experience.

Please see addendum C: Job qualifications/ Requirements