Grower

Crops/Commodities

Nursery Stock. Perform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the indoor and outdoor production of horticultural products.

Responsibilities

• Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, greenhouse-grown specialty plants, and other horticultural varieties.
• Prepare fields/soil for planting.
• Plant/propagate plants.
• Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes).
• Plant/pot seedlings or liners' by hand or mechanical planter, fill and label trays, and move product to/from greenhouses and loading/unloading areas.
• Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary.
• Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade.
• Crimp wire baskets.
• Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses.
• Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts.
• Load/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt.
• Install/remove plastic coverings.
• Perform general plant maintenance.
• Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals.
• Maintain irrigation systems.
• Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products.
• Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality.
• Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary.
• Select trees for cutting according to grade.
• Cut trees using axe or chainsaw.
• Drag cut trees from cutting area.
• Bale trees using tree baler.
• Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine.
• Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety.
• Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines.
• Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment.
• Dig and maintain ditches.
• Install and remove levee gates.
• Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants.
• Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.

Requirements

• 2 months experience of agricultural experience working in a nursery.
• Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required.
• Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures
• Extensive pushing or pulling, sitting or walking
• Frequent stooping or bending over
• Repetitive movements

Qualifications

None specified

Skills

None specified

Benefits

None specified

Pay

$16.05

Schedule

First Shift (Day)

Contact Information

Name : Pinelands Nursery Inc.
Email :

Apply by mail:
Attn: Thomas Knezick
323 Island Road
Columbus, NJ 08022
US

Additional Information

Call Thomas Knezick at 6092919486

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