Forst Laborer

Job duties

Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.

The Worker will be raking and baling pine needles from forest floors

Pine needles are a landscaping product that is commonly seen in stores, nurseries, and are used by landscaper’s.

These pine needles come from trees that are in a forest.

The following is what a worker would do to gather pine needles.

The worker would use a fan rake, pitch fork, and a box baler. (a box baler is a metal box with wheels on it). There is no motor, hydraulics, or sensor loaded on this box.

Everything is performed by manual labor.

Construction of a bale consist of raking piles of pine needles. The piles normally range from 30 to 50 bales. The worker will then roll the box baler to the pile of pine needles. The worker will then place two strings on the top of the baler thru the inside and thru the slots of the door of the baler. After the string has been applied, the worker will start adding the pine needles to the inside of the box. The plunger mounted to the box baler will be inserted to the inside by pulling the handle in a down wards position. Pine needles will be constantly added and packed until desired tension is felt on the plunger handle. The worker will then take the handle to a backwards position removing it from the top of the baler. After this is done, the door will be unlocked and opened and a bale of pine needles removed from the baler. The is how a bale of pine needles are completed.

The pine needles are then stacked onto a box trailer that is used to be transported to the customer.

RAKE AND BALE PINE NEEDLES ( PINE NEEDLES ARE A LANDSCAPING PRODUCT)
PINE NEEDLES ARE THE LANDSCAPING PRODUCT THAT YOU COMMONLY SEE IN STORES, NURSERIES, AND ARE COMMONLY USED BY LANDSCAPERS. THE FIELDS WHERE THE PINE NEEDLES ARE RAKED AND BALED ARE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT USED FOR THE H2B WORKERS IS LISTED BELOW:

FAN RAKE, PITCH FORK, AND A BOX BALER ( A BOX BALER IS A METAL BOX WITH WHEELS ON IT. THERE IS NO MOTOR, HYDRAULICS, OR SENORS LOCATED ON THIS BOX). EVERYTHING IS PERFORMED BY MANUAL LABOR. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BALE CONSIST OF RAKING PILES OF PINE NEEDLES. THE PILES NORMALLY RANGE FROM 30 TO 50 BALES. THE H2B WORKER WILL THEN ROLL THE BOX BALER TO A PILE OF PINE NEEDLES. THE WORKER WILL THEN PLACE TWO STRINGS ON THE TOP OF THE BALER THUR THE INSIDE AND THUR THE SLOTS OF THE DOOR OF THE BALER. AFTER THE STRING HAS BEEN APPLIED, THE WORKER WILL START ADDING THE PINE NEEDLES TO THE INSIDE OF THE BOX. THE PLUNGER MOUNTED TO THE BOX BALER WILL BE INSERTED TO THE INSIDE BY PULLING THE HANDLE IN A DOWNWARD POSITION. PINE NEEDLES WILL BE CONSTANTLY ADDED AND PACKED BY PLUNGER UNTIL DESIRED TENSION IS FELT ON THE PLUNGER HANDLE. THE WORKER WILL THEN TAKE THE HANDLE TO A BACKWARDS POSITION REMOVING IT FROM THE TOP OF THE BALE. AFTER THIS, THE DOOR WILL BE UNLOCKED, OPENED AND A BALE OF PINE NEEDLES REMOVED FROM THE BALER AND THEN STACKED INTO A PILE. THIS MAKES THE COMPLETION OF ONE PINE NEEDLE BALE. THE PINE NEEDLE BALE WILL THEN BE PLACED ONTO A BOX TRAILER THAT IS USED TO TRANSPORT THE PINE NEEDLES TO CUSTOMERS..

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