Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery - West Chester Pennsylvania

Company: Distinctive Gardens Inc
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
Posted On: 05/17/2024

3 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 03/01/2024 - 12/20/2024.

Crops/Commodities: Nursery stock. Lift, carry, move by hand or with hand carts, hand dollies, and wheelbarrows plants and horticultural supplies and materials. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load unload products or supplies.

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. Install plants. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage.

Requirements:

3 months experience in duties listed
Criminal Background Check
Drug Screen
Lifting requirement 60 lbs.
Exposure to extreme temperatures
Extensive pushing or pulling
Extensive sitting or walking
Frequent stooping or bending over
Repetitive movements

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