Job Information
NJ Employer Nursery Worker in EDISON, New Jersey
Anticipated period of employment: 2/19/2024 thru 12/14/2024.
This job requires a minimum of 3 months of prior experience working in a field-grown tree and shrub nursery, preferably including ball and burlap (B&B) field harvesting. Workers must be able to perform all duties of entry level workers as well perform additional mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency.
Manual tasks related to the growing of nursery stock will include some combination of the following: preparing fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; planting seedlings or liners by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); digging, loading, unloading or transplanting bare-root nursery stock; straightening, tying, pruning and shearing trees and shrubs; cutting, pulling or removing and mowing weeds or grass; moving irrigation equipment; spraying herbicides and insecticides and applying fertilizer. Plants must be handle carefully that leaves, limbs and roots are not broken during digging, handling, wrapping, and/ or transplanting processes. See ETA 790/790A for a complete job description
Interested candidates should contact their local State Workforce Office to receive a copy of the ETA790/790A and applicable attachments. Workers should be fully apprised by their local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment prior to referral. Once the applicant has a copy of the job order they may apply by directly to the employer Leonard Plavin by email for an interview Monday-Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm by phone. If unavailable, contact employer 's agent during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET. Employer Agent: AgWorks H2, LLC (a MAS Labor company)
See ETA AOSOS comment section before making a referral.