Farm Worker
Employer
341 Bordovsky Road
La Grange, TX 78945
United States
Job description
Drive and control farm equipment and attached farm implements to plant, irrigate, cultivate, and harvest trees. Adjust, inspect, repair, and service farm machinery. Specifically, they will set up and operate irrigation equipment, operate mowers, fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest trees. They will repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to trees; clear and maintain irrigation ditches; and report to farm owners/managers as needed. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms or machinery. Observe and listen to machinery operations to detect equipment malfunctions. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Using hand sprayers, spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Irrigate soil using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches, pipes, and pumps. Workers may receive salary increases and bonuses based on merit, skill, and/or experience at the sole discretion of the employer.
Special Requirements
Due to the operation of machinery and vehicles, drug testing may be conducted post-hire at the employer's expense. All workers may be subject to mandatory testing if they have been involved in a reportable accident or upon reasonable suspicion that drug use is impacting job performance. Criminal background checks are conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and are used to check for history of DWIs or DUIs since the workers are operating vehicles and machinery.