Christmas Tree Worker

Perform heavy manual field work including but not limited to planting, cultivating, harvesting/cutting and baling evergreen Christmas trees on a tree farm. Selects trees for cutting according to size and grade and harvest trees using axe or chain saw. Drags cut trees from cutting area, runs trees through tree baler and loads trees onto trucks to storage area. May drive trucks or tractors to transport trees from the field to central loading area. Remove brush, ferns, vines and other growth from planting area using tractor, mattocks and brush hooks and axes. Plant seedlings using mattock or dibble. Shear tops and limb tips from evergreen Christmas trees, as specified by supervisor, to control growth, increase limb density and improve shape. Make wreaths and roping from cut greenery produced on the farm. Clean fields after harvest by cutting stumps to the ground. Remove any brush or greenery left in fields. Prepare fields for planting seedlings in the spring. Workers will take inventory and grade and tag the trees for harvest by size and quality. Products must be handled carefully to prevent damage. Prepare fields for planting by clearing cull stock, brush and debris; plant seedlings or ‘liners’ by hand (including riding and inserting liners in a mechanical planter); load, unload or transplant bare-root nursery stock; straighten, tie, prune and shear trees and shrubs; cut, pull or remove and mow weeds or grass; apply agricultural chemicals: herbicides and insecticides, and app