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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2306363

Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Worker must possess 1 month of verifiable experience in nursery duties.

Farmworkers/Laborers, Location: Redmond, Washington, Period of Employment: 01/15/2025-11/1/2025

Job Description:

THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR HEATHERS, VINES, GROUND COVERS, PERENNIALS, ORNAMENTAL GRASSES. WORK DUTIESINCLUDE PREPARING SOIL AND GROWTH MEDIA, CULTIVATING AND OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN HORTICULTURALACTIVITIES ON ACREAGE, IN A NURSERY OR IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED STRUCTURES SUCH AS A GREENHOUSE ORSHED. EMPLOYEES MUST HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE JOB SITE. THIS IS A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FI ELD GROWN PRODUCTION, HARVEST, CULTURE AND CARE OF NURSERY GROWN PRODUCTS.YOULL TYPICALLY BE EXPOSED TO DUST, DIRT, HEAT, COLD, FUMES, NOISE, VIBRATION AND WATER. PHYSICALLY EXPECTTO BE LIFTING, PULLING, REACHING, MANIPULATING/GRASPING, CARRYING, PUSHING, SHOVELING, BENDING, TWISTING,CLIMBING AND SQUATTING. ALL TASKS IN THIS JOB DESCRIPTION CONSTITUTE ONE JOB; THE EMPLOYER MAY ASSIGN WORKERS TO DIFFERENT TASKS ONANY DAY OR TO MULTIPLE TASKS DURING THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEES MUST PERFORM THE ASSIGNED WORK, AND MAYNOT PERFORM DUTIES NOT INCLUDED HEREIN OR WORK IN AREAS NOT ASSIGNED WITHOUT THE SPECIFI C AUTHORIZATIONOF THE MANAGER OR SUPERVISOR. THERE ARE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, GENERAL JOB SPECIFI CATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH JOB DUTY: 1.WORKER WILL PERFORM ANY COMBINATION OF THE FOLLOWING DUTIES CONCERNED WITH PREPARING SOIL AND GROWTH MEDIA, CULTIVATING AND OTHERWISE PARTICIPATING IN HORTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES UNDER CLOSE SUPERVISION ON ACREAGE, IN NURSERY OR IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED STRUCTURE SUCH AS GREENHOUSE AND SHED: 2.HAULS AND SPREADS TOPSOIL, FERTILIZER, PEAT MOSS, AND OTHER MATERIALS TO CONDITION LAND; DIGS, RAKES AND SCREENS SOIL, AND FILLS COLD FRAMES AND HOT BEDS TO PREPARE THEM FOR PLANTING; FILLS GROWING TANKS WITH WATER; PLANTS, SPRAYS, WEEDS AND WATERS PLANTS, SHRUBS AND TREES. 3.SOWS GRASS SEED AND PLANTS PLUGS OF SOD AND CUTS, ROLLS, AND STACKS SOD. 4.TRAPS AND POISONS PESTS SUCH AS MOLES, GOPHERS, MICE, ETC. PLANTS SHRUBS AND PLANTS IN CONTAINERS. 5.TIES, BUNCHES, WRAPS AND PACKS FLOWERS, PLANTS, SHRUBS AND TREES TO FILL ORDERS. 6.MOVES CONTAINERIZED SHRUBS AND TREES USING WHEELBARROW; DIGS UP SHRUBS AND TREES AND WRAPS THEIR ROOTS WITH BURLAP. WORKER CAN ALSO: PLANT SMALL TREES IN ROWS BY HAND. THIS REQUIRES THE PERSON TO BE BENDING ALL DAY. MOVING IRRIGATION PIPES AROUND AND DOING OTHER IRRIGATION JOBS. BUDDING AND TYING BUDS IN THE FI ELD. GRAFTING TREES IN THE FI ELD. PLACE METAL STAKES INTO THE GROUND AND TIE TREE TO STAKE WITH TAPE BY HAND AND WITH TAPE GUN. SAFETY GLASSESAND BACK BRACE ARE REQUIRED. PLACE GROW TUBES ON TREES. PICK UP STAKES FROM THE GROUND AND PUT THEM IN PILES. A SMALL TRACTOR PICKS UP THE PILES LEFT ON THE ROWS. REMOVE BUDS AND BRANCHES FROM TREES IN THE FI ELD USING HANDS, KNIVES AND PRUNERS. PRUNING TREES USING HAND HELD PRUNERS. THIS JOB REQUIRES WALKING ALL DAY AND BENDING IF THE PRUNING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE LOWER PART OF THE TREE. PULLING STAKES BY REMOVING TAPE AND USING A POST PULLER TO PULL THE STAKE FROM THE GROUND. THIS JOB REQUIRES PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND BENDING AND WALKING ALL DAY. SAFETY GLASSES AND BACK BRACE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THIS JOB. WALK BEHIND A TREE DIGGER AND PICKUP TREES FROM THE GROUND TO SHAKE MUD OFF. THESE TREES CAN WEIGH 10-30POUNDS DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE AND THE HUMIDITY OF THE GROUND. THIS JOB REQUIRES WALKING, BENDING, AND TWISTING ALL DAY. SAFETY GLASSES AND BACK BRACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB. PICKUP TREES FROM THE GROUND ONCE THE MUD HAS BEEN REMOVED AND LOAD THEM ONTO A TRAILER. THIS JOB REQUIRES WALKING, BENDING, AND TWISTING ALL DAY IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEATHER. SAFETY GLASSES AND BAC BRACE ARE REQUIRED. STORE TIED BUNDLES OF TREES IN THE SAWDUST BEDS. THE USE OF A SHOVEL MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO MAKE SPACE FOR NEWBUNDLES. THIS JOB REQUIRES STANDING, TWISTING AND BENDING ALL DAY. SAFETY GLASSES AND BACK BRACE ARE REQUIRED. ASSEMBLE ORDERS BY PULLING TREES FROM THE SAWDUST BEDS.

B.2) Worker must possess 1 month of verifiable experience in nursery duties is required B.4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 70lbs. B.4f) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. B.4g) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools B.4h) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. B.4i) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. B.4j) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Field work begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during light rain and in high humidity and in freezing or high heat temperatures.

Loading trucks with plant material to be shipped to our customers. Bundles of trees weighing up to 50 pounds .A conveyor is used to transport the trees into the truck. Back brace and safety glasses are r