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Job Description
Work in nursery facilities or at customer location planting, cultivating, harvesting, and transplanting trees, shrubs, or plants.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2092.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Nursery Workers”.
Also Known As…
- Nursery Workers
- Transplant Worker
- Propagation Worker
- Plant Production Worker
- Packer
- Nursery Worker
- Harvester
- Grower
- Greenhouse Worker
- Greenhouse Staff
- Gardener
- Weeder
- Tree Wrapper
- Tree Surgeon Helper
- Transplanter
- Replanting Machine Crew
- Replanter
- Propagator Laborer
- Potter
- Planting Material Unloader
- Planting Material Remover
- Planting Material Carrier
- Plant Nursery Worker
- Picker
- Orchid Transplanter
- Orchid Hand
- Nurseryman Assistant
- Nursery Laborer
- Nursery Helper
- Landscape Nurseryman
- Horticulture Worker
- Horticultural Worker
- Horticultural Specialty Grower
- Herb Digger
- Hand Cultivator
- Grounds and Nursery Specialist
- Groundman
- Ground Worker
- Greenhouse Specialist
- Greenhouse or Nursery Transplanter
- Greenhouse Laborer
- Greenhouse Assistant
- Grafter
- Flower Stripper
- Flower Planter
- Flower Picker
- Flower Cutter
- Florist Helper
- Caretaker
- Bulb Weeder
- Bulb Packer
- Bulb Grower
- Budder
- Baller
Tasks for “Bulb Planter”
- Operate tractors and other machinery and equipment to fertilize, cultivate, harvest, and spray fields and plants.
- Trap and destroy pests such as moles, gophers, and mice, using pesticides.
- Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping.
- Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems.
- Record information about plants and plant growth.
- Cut, roll, and stack sod.
- Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs.
- Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products.
- Inspect plants and bud ties to assess quality.
- Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease.
- Dip cut flowers into disinfectant, count them into bunches, and place them in boxes to prepare them for storage and shipping.
- Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems.
- Tie and bunch flowers, plants, shrubs, and trees, wrap their roots, and pack them into boxes to fill orders.
- Dig, rake, and screen soil, filling cold frames and hot beds in preparation for planting.
- Sow grass seed, or plant plugs of grass.
- Sell and deliver plants and flowers to customers.
- Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, and water plants, shrubs, and trees, using hand tools and gardening tools.
- Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them.
- Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other materials to condition soil, using wheelbarrows or carts and shovels.
- Move containerized shrubs, plants, and trees, using wheelbarrows or tractors.
- Fill growing tanks with water.
- Maintain inventory, ordering materials as required.
- Fold and staple corrugated forms to make boxes used for packing horticultural products.
Related Technology & Tools
- Increment borers
- Hose-end sprayers
- Grafting knives
- Desktop computers
- Digital calipers
- Drip emitters
- Fruit budding knives
- Measuring wheels
- Soil augers
- Portable battery chargers
- Rotary mowers
- Garden hoes
- Thorn strippers
- Battery power testers
- Nail hammers
- Grass shears
- Garden bow rakes
- Fertilizer injectors
- Handtrucks
- Open end wrenches
- Tree diameter tapes
- Houseplant snips
- Humidity systems
- Utility knives
- Long arm pruners
- Pruning saws
- Canister gas masks
- Garden spades
- Measuring tapes
- Wheelbarrows
- Hedge shears
- Power blowers
- Seed drills
- Phillips head screwdrivers
- Tractors
- Hand held sprayers
- Arborist saws
- Pruning knives
- Digital levels
- Tree calipers
- Leaf rakes
- Portable electric drills
- Adjustable hand wrenches
- Portable generators
- Handheld calculators
- Planting augers
- Siphon proportioners
- Mattocks
- Hydromulchers
- Oscillating sprinklers
- Measuring rules
- Dust masks
- Garden cultivators
- Hand tallies
- Soil thermometers
- Soil moisture meters
- Plows
- Bed formers
- Safety goggles
- Pressure washers
- Drum rollers
- Cargo trucks
- Knife sharpeners
- Funnels
- Tree marking guns
- Chain saw sharpeners
- Pruning sticks
- Laptop computers
- Garden dusters
- Seed tumblers
- Loppers
- Rotary spreaders
- Tree planting bars
- Power hedge trimmers
- Mulch spreaders
- Budding knives
- Fruit pruners
- Pick axes
- String trimmers
- Greenhouse ventilation systems
- Square point shovels
- Battery booster cables
- Respirators
- Sledgehammers
- Tree scale sticks
- Mole grips
- Round point shovels
- Hatchets
- Vertical mowers
- Screen separators
- Bench grafting knives
- Hand drills
- Humidifiers
- Hacksaws
- Grease guns
- Rose budding knives
- Root pruning scissors
- Sand spreaders
- Pipe trailers
- Spray suits
- Chain saws
- Houseplant shears
- Soil pH meters
- Garden spading forks
- Reel mowers
- Post hole diggers
- Seed dryers
- Compass saws
- Bulb planters
- Slotted screwdrivers
- Greenhouse irrigation systems
- Tree feeding augers
- Air compressors
- Compressed air sprayers
- Garden hand seeders
- Transplanting trowels
- Indoor/outdoor thermometers
- Wrecking bars
- Soil sampling tubes
- Drop spreaders
- Transplanters
- Anvil pruners
- Field forklifts
- Rotary tillers
- Staple guns
- Stake drivers
- Disk tillage equipment
- Microtip snips
- Hanging spring scales
- Bow saws
- Tube cutters
- Bed rollers
- Hook-and-blade pruners
- Sharpening stones
- Floral snips
- Impulse sprinklers
- Tie tape machines
- Pole pruners
- Carbon dioxide systems
- Drafting compasses
- Rubber mallets
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- IBM Lotus Notes