Job Purpose (Sod/Turf Farming):

Looking for a seasonal employment that would give you time off during winter. Season starts early spring to early summer but has the chance to last until December. This employment will give you a fantastic view and experience of the agricultural industry and nature such as: planting and harvesting. Sod is harvest into rolls it is held together by roots and thin layer of soil. Job requires hard-working, motivated employees, good attendance, and good work ethic. Dig-crews work with machinery and without machinery to harvest sod.

Task and Responsibilities:

• Work in fields.
• Prepares soil/growth.

• Spread topsoil, fertilizer and other soil conditions on sod grass and turf areas.

• Dig, rake, and screen soil. *Sow grass seed and plants sod plugs. *Unrolls and place sod. Cut, roll, and stack sod. *Mow, cut and weed fields. *Install sod. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks.

• Bending, stopping, and kneeling required.

• Use hard tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws.

• Lift, carry and load/unload products or supplies.

• Use power equipment including but not limited to tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, forklifts, and skid loaders. 

*Work is done in the field for long periods