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