Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

at McKay Nursery Holding Co., Inc. in Waterloo, Wisconsin, United States

Job Description

DISCLAIMER: THIS JOB POSTING IS INTENDED ONLY FOR U.S. WORKERS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. WE DO NOT SPONSOR VISAS OR CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES OUTSIDE THE U.S.

Crops/Commodities: Nursery Stock - Trees, Shrubs, Perennials.. Plant, harvest, nursery stock, including, but not limited to, trees, shrubs, and perennials with machines and manual methods. Prepare trees for digging by tying or wrapping as necessary. Hand dig trees with shovel or tree spade. Unloading and loading of plants, pulling weeds, wrapping plants, trimming, and loading of plants only in the field. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Mow, cut, and manually weed fields and canning yard. Perform 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 field maintenance and repairs. If able to demonstrate competency, may operate power equipment including but not limited to: bobcats, farm trucks, or other motorized or mechanical equipment. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Work is done in the field for long periods of time. Workers may assist in identifying plants while loading field or delivery trucks including products weighing 70 pounds and lifting no more than 5 feet on to trucks or trailers. Workers must work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Workers may be exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day, working in the fields. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from 20 to over 100 degrees F. Rare exceptions will require us to ask workers to voluntarily work outside in temperatures that exceed the range listed above. Workers may be required to work during occasional rain or snow not severe enough to stop field operations. Must be able to tolerate seasonal weather conditions in Wisconsin. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Workers should be able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Workers may not report to work while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, nor may they use alcohol or drugs during the work day. Only moderate responsible alcohol consumption is allowed in company housing during non-working hours, and possession or use of illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia on the employer's property is strictly prohibited and cause for immediate termination. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company minibuses (weighing between 16,000 and 26,000 lbs.), pickup/field trucks, and/or a private passenger vehicles. All company vehicles are restricted to a 6.2 mile radius of the county Waterloo. Workers with appropriate licenses may transport other workers to-and-from McKay Nursery Holding Co., Inc. provided housing directly to worksites each day and transporting workers around McKay Nursery Holding Co., Inc. nursery during the workday and possibly carrying equipment/supplies and this may involve the worker(s) operating the vehicles across public roads in order to reach the other farm properties to perform their work. Workers are driving multi-purpose vehicles that have a capacity of less than 13 tons, require a standard driver's license to operate, may be used on or off farm by the workers (e.g., drive to the grocery store, bank, etc. at their discretion).