Hand Harvesters

Number of Workers Requested:  6

Workers must follow direction from the supervisor in charge. Sod Planting: Tree/weed removal, picking up scrap sod from fields. Using the following hand tools: wrenches, ratchets, sockets, screw drivers, hammer/nails, pitchforks, shovels, rakes, string trimmer, ratchet straps, and machetes. Workers may use the following machines: fuel pumps, air compressors, grinders and forklift. Sod Harvesting: Assisting the Sod Harvesting Manager with performing a second level of quality control. Sod Stacking (by hand): Hand stacking sod on back of the tractor. On days when there are large orders or the mechanical sod stacker breaks down, manual sod stackers are used. Taking slabs and manually stacking them on a pallet. Sod Loading (by forklift): Sod is harvested by hand or sod harvester and stacked on a pallet in the field. Customers come out to the field and workers take pallets of sod and load them on a customer’s trailer or rear of truck. Slabs of sod weigh about 3-8 pounds each. Must be able to transfer 160 slabs of sod by hand to a pallet. Workers may install Sod. May transport workers to fields and grocery store.