Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
404 Orchard Ave
Paton, IA 50217
United States
Job description
We are a farming operation dealing with planting/harvesting of corn & soybeans. From preparing the machinery for planting to harvesting and hauling. The season will run from February to November, the months of December & January there is no work to be done due to the weather and nothing growing in the field. We need seasonal workers to assist with preparing fields for planting, attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, planters, sprayers, manure spreaders, operate other farm equipment, engage in planting, weeding, spraying and/or harvesting activities, fertilize, dust, and spray crops, spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers, manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into machinery, observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions, attach equipment extensions or accessories, operate equipment to harvest crops, drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion.
Special Requirements
Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires regular driver's license. Requires 1 month farm experience.