Job Description:

• 1) Plants, cultivates, and harvests evergreen trees on Christmas-tree farm: Removes brush, ferns, and other growth from planting area, using mattock and brush-hook.

• 2) Plants seedlings, using mattock or dibble.

• 3) Scatters fertilizer pellets over planted areas by hand.

• 4) Shears tops and limb tips from trees, using machete and pruning shears, to control growth, increase limb density, and improve shape.

• 5) Selects trees for cutting according to markings or size, specie, and grade, and fells trees, using ax or chain saw.

• 6) Drags cut trees from cutting area, and loads trees onto trucks.

• 7) May be designated according to seasonal task performed.