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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

19

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, field-grown trees and shrubs. This job requires a minimum of three months of prior experience working in nursery and tree production 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. Workers will perform work including but not limited to planting, cultivation, hoeing, digging, mulching, transplanting, mowing, preparing soil, weeding, spraying, watering in nurseries and seasonal holding houses. Fertilize, prune, spray, space, water, tag and perform other plant maintenance. Count and inventory plants. Propagate plants from cuttings. Load finished plants onto wagons and trucks. Remove plastic from seasonal holding houses in spring and cover seasonal holding houses with plastic in fall. Assist with building seasonal holding houses. Plant and dig field grown plants, burlap roots, perform general maintenance of field grown plants. Plants must be handled carefully so that minimal leaves, limbs and roots are broken during transplanting process. Loading: Workers shall be responsible for the efficient and productive use of labor teams in loading trucks and semi-trailers. Knowledge of load factors, plant material, customer names and locations, as well as the ability to oversee loading operations required. Tagging: Workers shall be responsible for tagging plant material for shipping, potting and other uses as deemed necessary by Shipping and Production Managers; shall be required to learn various plant materials grown at the nursery, as well as operating the tag guns on a daily basis. Knowledge of efficient functioning mechanics of the tagging system and quickly mastering the operation of this system is required. Pruning: Workers will be responsible for learning and mastering the proper technique and art of pruning container and field grown plant material. Development of hand/eye coordination for pruning with both mechanical and powered shears is required. Must develop a knowledge of various plant materials for proper plant identification and must be willing and able to maintain the required pace for pruning as set forth by the horticulture staff. Soil Mixing: Workers will be responsible for mixing all container and propagation soil mixes as used by the nursery. Knowledge of materials used, amounts used and needed for various mixes and the techniques employed to properly mix these materials is required. Ability to learn to read the soil mixing sheets (in English) is required. 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 such as the following: irrigation, ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, weeding and other tasks related to a nusery operation. 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, trucks, lifts, forklifts and other equipment.

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 nursery and tree production handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Saturday work required. Must be able lift/carry 60 lbs.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Waverly Farm, LLC

Location:

Adamstown, MD 21710

Worksite

Address:

1931 Greenfield Rd, Adamstown, MD 21710

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24337-511291

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

12/3/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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