Job Information
NJ Employer Nursery Grower in Gansevoort, New York
Anticipated period of employment: 03/15/2025 to 11/30/2025
Duties include planting/caring for seedlings including watering, pruning, staking, fertilizing, and pest control. Unload, handle, and sort seedlings and liners when delivered. Cultivate fields and prepare for planting, including soil preparation. Cultivate rows to prevent weed growth. Perform daily watering as needed. Harvest, move, and transplant field-grown and potted plants. Balling/burlapping trees with mechanical spade. Prepare trees/plants for safe/proper loading and transport. May use tractors, farm implements, skid steers, and front loaders. Perform routine equipment maintenance as needed. Maintain machines, hand tools, and irrigation for daily use. Set up irrigation systems including monitoring and expansion. Will be expected to use shovels, pruners, sprayers, and other hand tools. Greenhouse and barn maintenance as needed. Assist with inventory and preparing for the upcoming season. Must be able to lift 50 lbs., and be able to sit, stand, crouch, and squat repeatedly for long periods of time. Hours may vary based on weather and crop conditions. Saturday work required when necessary. Post-accident or upon suspicion drug testing completed at employers expense
Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. Interested candidates must contact their local employment office to receive a copy of the job order (ETA 790/790A) and applicable attachments. Once the applicant has a copy of the job contract they may call and/or email the employer to schedule an interview Monday- Friday from 1pm to 4pm and referred to NY1520828 as the JO is in connection with this NJ1490836.
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