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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

9

Job Duties:

3 months of verifiable experience required working in a Christmas tree nursery. These crops listed may or may not be planted and employer is not limited to only these crops listed. Specific Job Requirements: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with specific jobs and to demonstrate proper methods of working. CHRISTMAS TREE OPERATIONS: Work in cold, hot, humid, and wet weather. Lift and carry 80-pound trees continuously throughout the day. Cut trees using hand saw or chainsaw. Bundle trees, prepare for transport, and load into containers. Field work and clean up. Other Job Specifications Include: 1. Worker will perform maintenance in Christmas tree fields including cone picking, weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, spreading fertilizer, culturing Christmas trees, base pruning and tagging Christmas trees. 2. Workers must be able to use hand pruners, machetes and other hand tools involved with the harvesting and culturing of Christmas trees. 3. Christmas tree operations, workers must harvest/cut full-grown trees, lift, and carry trees up to 80 pounds, and load them into a container, continuously throughout the day. 4. Provide general labor to assist in planting new trees by clearing property, planting seedlings, building trellis, installing irrigation, spreading of composted material and other labor considered necessary to develop new properties. 5. Cares for trees during growing process-recognize tree diseases. 6. Farm clean up tasks to include picking up garbage around the field and harvest landings, Cutting and burning unmarketable trees located in clear-cut sections. 7. Spot weed spraying, Limb removal, Hoeing weeds, Landscaping at the Shop, Office, or Housing. Maintain a safe and healthy work area and report any safety concerns to the supervisor. Workers may also: 1. Drive tractors 2. Spray and mix chemicals and fertilizers 3. Operate trucks to carry farm equipment, crops, and farmworkers 4. Perform general repair of agricultural equipment. 5. Pack crops into containers. 6. Operate farm equipment used in the processes of harvesting Christmas trees. This would include balers, elevators, small tractors, and other automated devices. PUMPKINS/STRAWBERRIES: Perform manual labor to plant, cultivate and harvest strawberries and pumpkins. Operate farm equipment, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting; weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; cleaning, sorting, grading, counting, checking, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Set up and operate irrigation equipment. Workers may incidentally haul straw or hay.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

- Employer will train. - OT/Holiday work is not mandatory. - This is an application for Christmas Trees, pumpkins and strawberries - Must be able to lift and/or load 80 lbs. - Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Employer follows the state mandated rule for shade, water and rest breaks - May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc. - May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. - Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. - There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc. See Addendum C.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Pacific Trees, Inc.

Location:

Oregon City, OR 97045

Worksite

Address:

14457 S Carus Road., Oregon City , OR 97045

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22347-637524

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/9/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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