Nursery Workers

Anticipated period of employment: 09/29/2026 to 11/22/2026 All applicants must have 3 months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers. Planting: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling planters and planting wagons. Workers will be required to work on the ground planting trees that are fed through a tractor pulled planter, using shovels. Workers will be required to dig trees with digging spades. Balled and Burlap (B&B) Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with tree spade attachments or haul out tines. Workers will be required to work on the ground packaging the finished root ball on a tree by stapling burlap with hog ring pliers, tying basket loops with twine, crimping baskets with pig tail crimpers or tying branches with twine. Bare Root Tree and Shrub Production: Workers will be required to work as operators of skid steers with bare root blade attachments. Workers will be required to work on the ground, tying branches with twine or hauling trees through the field and loading them onto trucks by hand. Loading and Unloading: Workers will be required to work on flat bed trailers tying B&B trees and shrubs to the trailer with twine. Workers will be required to work loading or unloading bare root trees or shrubs by hand into refrigerated trailers. Workers will be required to locate, identify, select, and load plants or trees onto wagons, trailers, or trucks. Cultivation: Workers will be required to work as operators of wheel tractors pulling cultivators, mowers or haling disks. Workers will be required to spray, weed, fertilize and water trees by hand using pumps or hoses. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description. 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 7am to 3:30pm and referred to NY1679110 as the JO is in connection with this job order See AOSOS comment section before making any referrals.