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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, pome fruits, stone fruits, vegetables, Christmas trees. Jobs may include any combination of planting, cultivating, seeding, hoeing, transplanting, fertilizing, propagation, preparing soil, weeding, thinning, spraying and watering, mowing, digging, mulching. Covering and uncovering seasonal holding houses and other manual tasks in nursery operation and orchard. Other duties include tagging plants. Workers are supervised at all times by employer or foreman who will provide demonstrations, instructions and directions. Non-supervisory nursery workers may demonstrate tasks to others. Designated workers may be responsible for acting as a liaison between the crew and the supervisor to communicate progress of production tasks and communicate work completed for the day. Orchard: Quality is essential. All fruit is spot picked for fresh market. Ladders ranging from 14 ft. to 20 ft. in length and weighing from 35 to 50 lbs. each are used. Care must be taken when picking fruit not to damage or bruise fruit. Properly filled fruit buckets or crates weigh up to 40 lbs. Pickers are required to snap most fruit off of tree using their thumb and palm of hand to avoid bruising. Asian pears will be stem-clipped. Each piece of fruit must be carefully placed in bucket to avoid bruising. Foreman or owner will give demonstrations of how the fruit must be picked; picking requirements will be explained to all workers prior to the season's start. Workers must obey all safety rules when applying or handling pesticides. Load and unload agricultural products or crops onto trucks, drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, and/or equipment/supplies to other Saunders Brothers farm locations, Saunders Brothers storage facilities, or Saunders Brothers packing house on private or public roads. Drive 6 wheel (Straight truck under 26K lb.) 8 wheel (straight truck over 26K lbs) or 18-wheel truck(s) (Over 26k lbs.) with Farm Use tags. This is a transfer/shuttle of plants or fruit from Saunders Brothers farm to Saunders Brothers farm/packing house so that the agricultural crops may be sorted and/or grouped for sale. Does not deliver to customers. Workers will also perform general orchard work including but not limited to preparing land for planting, picking roots, rocks and other debris, planting trees, trimming suckers, building trellises, mulching trees, inserting/removing tree spreaders, hoeing, cleaning and clearing fence rows and farm buildings, operation and maintenance of tractors and other equipment under supervision. Workers may occasionally assist in packing fruit into boxes and loading boxes onto skids and trucks. Christmas Trees: Workers will perform heavy manual field work including but not limited to planting, cultivating and harvesting Christmas evergreen trees on a tree farm. Removes brush, ferns and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks and brush hooks. Plants seedlings using planting bar or augers. Workers must properly prune and shape trees as instructed by a company supervisor. Scatter fertilizer pellets over planted area by hand or spreader. Spray herbicides or pesticides. Shears tops and limb tips from trees as specified by supervisor to control growth, increase limb density and improve shape Selects trees for cutting according to markings or size, species and grade and fells trees using axe or chain saw. Drive trucks or tractors to transport trees from the field to central loading area. Drags cut trees from cutting area, runs trees through tree baler and loads trees onto trucks for transport. May cut evergreens. May make wreaths from cut greenery produced on the farm. 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.

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 a minimum of three months of prior experience working in a nursery and/or tree fruit farm, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 100 lbs. Employer-paid post-hire drug and alcohol testing is required at random, upon reasonable suspicion of use and after a worker has an accident at work. Employer-paid post-hire background check required.

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Saunders Bros., Inc.

Location:

Piney River, VA 22964

Worksite

Address:

Tye Brook: 2717 Tye Brook Highway, Piney River, VA 22964

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25007-599391

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

See attached piece rate schedule.

Date Posted:

1/14/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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