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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

12

Job Duties:

Planting: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and planting wagons. Workers will be required to work on the ground planting trees that are fed through a tractor pulled planter, using shovels. Workers will be required to dig trees with digging spades. Balled and Burlap (B&B) Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with tree spade attachments or haul out tines. Workers will be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimping baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine. Bare Root Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers will be required to work on the ground, tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand. Loading and Unloading: Workers will be required to work on flat bed trailers tying B&B trees and shrubs to the trailer with twine. Workers will be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees or shrubs by hand into refrigerated trailers. Workers will be required to locate, identify, select, and load plants or trees onto wagons, trailers, or trucks. Cultivation: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mowers or haling disks. Workers will be required to spray, weed, fertilize and water trees by hand using pumps or hoses. Farm Equipment Operation: Workers will drive trucks, vans, tractors, mowers on nursery property and may use other greenhouse equipment including the flat filler. Before any worker is required to operate any farm/greenhouse equipment, the worker will be instructed in the proper and safe operation of equipment. Workers will be required to operate equipment according to instructions and in a manner that protects the operator, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Repeated failure to obey operating and safety instructions may result in termination. Employees operating farm equipment or certain chemical application equipment are required to have or obtain applicable licenses. See addendum C for additional

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

See Addendum C

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Schichtel's Nursery, Inc.

Location:

Springville, NY 14141

Telephone Number:

+17167252061

Worksite

Address:

7420 Peters Rd, Springville, NY 14141

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23200-199056

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

8/8/2023

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