Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
688 Willoughby Road
Gordon, AL 36343
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties found in SOC Code 45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operator such as: Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases; Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; Daily preventative maintenance and minor repair work to equipment, machinery and worksite; Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery for cultivating, planting, spraying, watering, harvesting, storing crops; Operate or tend large, high horsepower farm equipment (much of which is equipped with GPS) used in agricultural production such as 350 HP tractor, tillage implement, sprayer, harvester, dump cart, forklift, implements to produce crops such as cotton, peanuts, carrots, cucumbers; Load agricultural products into trucks without over or underfilling bed or trailer, and drive to market or storage facilities; Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, planters, harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; Operate towed machines such as seed drills or spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops; Irrigate soil and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps; Record information about crops such as yield, inputs, pests; Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products; Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information; Inspect equipment or facilities to determine condition or maintenance needs and repair buildings, fences, and other structures as necessary.
Special Requirements
See ADD C