H-2A · Agriculture

Specialized Nursery Worker

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

John Holmlund Nursery, LLC

Boring, OR — United States

Job duties

Official text in English.

Harvest of field and container grown nursery stock: 1.Harvest field grown plants through manual labor and mechanical harvesting techniques, transplant and pot into containers. 2.Apply identification tags to field and container grown plants. 3.Haul and spread potting soils and fertilizer or other materials using carts, scoops or shovels. 4.Move containerized shrubs, conifers, and trees. 5.Weeding, cleaning, and pruning field container grown plants. 6.Use hand tools such as shears, pruners, blowers, trimmers, rakes, and shovels. 7.Maintain tools of all kinds in the manner in which we train you to do. 8.May be trained to operate tractors, ATV’s, forklifts, and other field digging and potting equipment. 9.Plant in prepared ground or containers: bareroot, plugs, or containerized starter plants. Mechanical planter or manual labor techniques may be used. 10.May assist with field irrigation activities to water field and container plants. 11.Work to keep all work and production areas clean of debris and dead plants.

Requirements

Worker must have 3 months of nursery experience. Please see addendum C: Job qualifications/ Requirements

Housing

The Employer will assign the Worker housing accommodations, if applicable. No person may occupy the Employer-provided housing without prior written permission by the Employer. The employer will provide separate private sleeping areas for unrelated persons of each sex and for each family unit in accordance with Oregon OSHA-Agricultural Labor Housing OAR 437-004-1120 (16) (o). The kitchen and other common facilities will be shared.

Transportation

See Addendum C: Inbound/Outbound Transportation

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