horticultural worker i

Viveiro. Execute uma variedade de tarefas complexas relacionadas ao cultivo, colheita e proteção no inverno de plantas cultivadas em campo e em contêineres, árvores, arbustos e outras vegetações. Realizar trabalho manual pesado, incluindo, entre outros, plantio, cultivo, poda, cisalhamento, aplicação de fertilizantes, herbicidas e inseticidas, carregamento e descarregamento de material e suprimentos vegetais. Os deveres incluem envasamento, mistura de solo, descarga de plantas durante o envasamento, coleta de pedidos em vendas, marcação de plantas para vendas, identificação e marcação de material vegetal, reconhecimento e controle de doenças de plantas, amarração, aglomeração e envoltório de raízes, embalagem de material vegetal para preencher pedidos e carregamento/descarregamento de estoques de plantas, conforme necessário. Puxe as ervas daninhas/costeleta: os trabalhadores caminharão ao longo das fileiras, conforme especificado pelo empregador, e removerão as ervas daninhas e a grama dos campos manualmente ou usando uma enxada. Cultive e colha tabaco curado em combustão. Carregar e descarregar culturas e materiais agrícolas. Pode operar e realizar pequenas manutenções e reparos em veículos, implementos ou equipamentos agrícolas. Executar tarefas de saneamento de fazendas, campos e galpões. Corte a grama e opere o aparador em torno dos edifícios da fazenda. Direcionar e monitorar o trabalho de ajuda casual e sazonal durante o plantio e colheita. Operar veículos agrícolas para transportar colheitas e conduzir outros trabalhadores agrícolas de um lugar para outro ao redor das propriedades agrícolas (inclusive em estradas públicas para chegar aos campos dos agricultores) durante o dia de trabalho. Pode operar caminhão com GVWR inferior a 13 toneladas para entregar culturas produzidas na fazenda (em seu estado não manufaturado) para armazenamento ou para comercializar ou para uma transportadora para transporte para o mercado. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. Job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift and carry 75 lbs. repetitively throughout the workday. Must not hinder another worker’s productivity. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination. Must commit to entire anticipated period of employment. The job offered is for a skilled nursery worker and requires 1 month verifiable nursery work experience (Horticultural Worker I). Workers will be expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or worker’s supervisor. Harvesting includes digging up products, balling and securing delicate dirt and root systems in burlap secured with rope, pins or wire, to be stored until ready for shipment in farm staging area. Grading is done by size, shape, and quality. Products are measured and tied for storage and shipment. Duties performed in the field will be sporadic all through the contract, including but not limited to, preparing the soil, planting, digging, raking, spraying, weeding, irrigating, and fertilizing all types of plants, shrubs, and small trees. Hauls and spreads topsoil, additives, etc. to condition the land. Workers will transfer plants by truck or wagon into fields for transplanting. Trucks containing, but not limited to, products such as plants, soil, additives, fertilizer, multiple size pots and other miscellaneous equipment, must be loaded/unloaded several times daily. Workers will be required to operate farm equipment such as weed eaters,