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This is a Temporary Position. Dates of employment are 4/1/2024 to 11/22/2024 To apply: click on "I want to apply" Employer accepts referrals and applicants from all sources. Interview required. Employer's agent conducts interviews by phone at time of inquiry or within a reasonable time thereafter. Interviews conducted at no cost to applicants, whether via phone or in-person. Contact Employer 's agent Monday through Friday during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM ET If unavailable, contact employer directly during the hours of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST. Employer Agent: MAS Labor H2A, LLC, (434) 260-8833. referrals@maslabor.com. Resumes and/or applications can also be faxed to Norman Magliocca at 724-431-4016. Be sure to reference the job posting number on your resume/application.

Crops/Commodities: nursery stock, including bedding plants, trees, and shrubs. This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Workers must be able to perform manual and mechanized tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual 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. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Perform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the outdoor production of horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, and other horticultural varieties. Prepare fields/soil for planting. Remove cull stock, debris, tree stumps, brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using hand tools or mechanized equipment (rakes, shovels, hoes, tractors, mattocks, brush hooks and/or axes). Plant/pot seedlings or 'liners' by hand or mechanical planter. Propagate plants from cuttings. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees and other plants with shovel or tree spade. Perform general plant maintenance. Irrigate and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Train, prune, trim, shear, space, transplant and cull trees and/or plants to ensure availability of marketable products. Shear trees with proper taper and bud cut angle for quality. Tie/position trees and plants by tying or wrapping as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade trees. Select trees for cutting according to grade. Cut trees using axe or chainsaw. Drag cut trees from cutting area. Bale trees using tree baler. Wrap burlap or other covering around root balls and secure with twice and/or stapes. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. Clean/maintain work area. Perform manual and mechanized tasks associated with the production of greenhouse plants and other horticultural products. Plant, cultivate, and maintain nursery stock, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, plugs, liners, hanging baskets, and other horticultural varieties. Propagate plants from cuttings. Plant/pot seedlings, fill and label trays, move product to/from greenhouses and/or loading/unloading areas. Crimp wire baskets. Attach hangers to baskets and hang throughout holding houses. Move containerized plants using rolling/electric carts. Unload/unload trucks and product from conveyor belt. Install/remove plastic coverings. Clean/maintain work area. Prune, trim, and perform other general plant maintenance. Water or irrigate plants, and apply fertilizer or other chemicals. Maintain irrigation systems. Tie/position plants by tying or wrapp ng as necessary. Wrap plants with burlap and other coverings as necessary. Count, inventory, and grade plants and trees. Pack, label, tag, pull, sort, and store plants by variety. 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.Workers who physically, sexually, or verbally harass other workers, the employer, supervisors, or members of the public may be subject to immediate termination. 20.Workers may not fight on employer's premises, including housing, at any time. Workers who violate this rule may be subject to immediate termination. 21.Workers may not carry, possess, or use any dangerous or deadly weapon. Workers who violate this rule may be subject to immediate termination. 22.Workers may not steal from other workers or the employer. Workers who violate this rule may be subject to immediate termination. 23.Workers may not falsify identification, personnel, medical, production or other work-related records. 24.Workers may not drive any vehicles on employer's property without proper licensing, if required. 25.Workers may not abuse or destroy any machinery, truck or other vehicle, equipment, tools, or other property belonging to the employer or to other workers. 26.Workers must report any damage or breakdown to equipment, tools, or other property belonging to the employer. 27.Workers may not use or operate trucks or other vehicles, machines, tools or other equipment and property that has not been specifically assigned to worker by the employer or supervisor. Workers may not use or operate trucks or other vehicles, tools or other equipment or property for personal use unless expressly authorized by the employer. 28.Workers may not misuse or remove from the farm premises without authorization any employer-owned property. 29.Workers may not accept personal gifts from employer's vendors or customers without employer's authorization. 30.Workers must obey all safety rules and common safety practices. Workers must report any injuries or accidents promptly to the employer or immediate supervisor. 31.Workers must follow supervisor's instructions. Insubordination is cause for termination. 32.Workers may not reveal confidential or proprietary business information to any third-party. Confidential information includes, but is not limited to, worker lists, customer lists, financial information, or other business records. 33.Workers may not make long distance phone calls on the employer's phone without employer's explicit permission. 34.Except as otherwise noted above, employees who violate any of these Work Rules will be disciplined according to the following schedule: First Offense: Oral warning and correction. Second Offense: Written warning and unpaid leave for balance of day. Third Offense:Immediate termination. Worker will be asked to sign written fact statement. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or pro