Skill Level 1 Planting, Cultivating, Crops and Commodities: perennials, shrubs, trees. Primary duties (performed during the majority of workdays): Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual nursery tasks.
Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws.
Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: mowers, planters, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, forklifts, skid loaders, cooling equipment and refrigeration units. Palletize and stack boxes and containers.
Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Mix and apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions.
Clear debris, maintain nursery buildings structures, equipment, and work areas. Assist with maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Put temporary deer netting around nursery to protect trees and to deter deer from foraging and defecating in the production areas.
Work on production line. Grade, size, sort, and pack product. Bunch/bundle product pursuant to supervisor instructions. Fill bins, trays and other containers with product, level bins.
Perform quality control on inbound and outbound loads. Follow quality control standards and production procedures. Handle fragile products carefully to prevent damage.
Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Clean and sanitize workstation.
Install and maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes.
Plant, cultivate and maintain nursery stock and/or bedding plants in condition for shipping and sale to customers. Pot seedlings or ‘liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Perform general plant maintenance. Prune, trim, space, transplant and cull plants to ensure availability of marketable products.
Irrigate and apply fertilizer. Pack, label, tag, pull, and store plants by variety. Count, grade, and inventory plants. Prepare plants for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Dig plants.
Drum lacing and quarter lacing. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twine and/or staples. Crimp wire baskets. Must understand nursery quality control standards and have working knowledge of production procedures.
Must harvest crops according to specific standards. Must select and harvest crops pursuant to customer needs.
Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 10 to over 100 degrees F. Workers may be required to work during occasional rain showers that is not severe enough to stop field operations.

Employment period: Sep 7, 2026 – Dec 30, 2026