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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

18

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock - annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working in a nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Jobs may include any combination of planting, cultivating, hoeing, propagating, transplanting, fertilizing, pruning, spacing, preparing soil, weeding, spraying and watering, tagging, mowing, loading/unloading trucks. Performs any other duties involved in the maintenance of plant materials and nursery stock. Workers will require minimal supervision. Count and inventory plants. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Fill, lift, and carry various size pots with soil and plants weighing as much as 60 pounds. Plants must be handled carefully to ensure that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken. Propagate plants from cuttings. Workers may also operate and maintain tractors, transmission trucks, forklifts, loaders and other equipment. Workers must have an understanding of nursery quality control standards and a working knowledge of nursery production procedures. Workers must be able to harvest crops according to predetermined, customer specific standards. Must select and harvest crops which are suitable for various clients. A clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) is required to drive company vehicles. Post-hire random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing is required for any employee, foreign or domestic, who drives company vehicles. Drug testing is not required of workers who do not drive company vehicles. Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading of product. Workers will assist in loading trucks with packaged product weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks relating to nursery production such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding, product installation and other related tasks. Work may also include mechanized field work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Employer assures that workers will be provided transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulations.) Persons seeking employment as experienced Nursery Worker must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

This job requires three months of prior experience working in a nursery handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Post-hire random, upon suspicion and post-accident drug testing is required for any employee, foreign or domestic, who drives company vehicles. Drug testing is at the employer's expense.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Stadler Nurseries

Company Name:

Stadler Garden Centers, Inc.

Location:

Frederick, MD 21703

Worksite

Address:

5504 Mount Zion Rd., Frederick, MD 21703

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23347-563082

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/26/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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