Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
2815 N Gum Neck Rd.
Columbia, NC 27925
United States
Job description
Essential Duties for this Agricultural Equipment Operator include, but are not limited to the following:
1. Follow supervisor instructions always and arrive to work on time.
2. Conduct thorough and accurate pre-trip inspections on field trucks
3. Safe and correct operation of farm trucks. Perform duties in accordance with established safety standards and proper vehicle operation techniques.
4. Safe and correct hook-up of trailers.
5. Safely and correctly load/unload trailer with potato seed and tie down load as needed.
6. Correctly distribute potato seed in trailer
7. Follow delivery instructions to and from the growing location
8. Deliver & pickup other farm related materials when necessary to field locations.
9. Maintain and care for tarps, ropes, and all other driver/truck equipment.
10. Communicate with field & farm employees in a courteous, professional manner.
11. Participate in safety trainings, orientations and all other company meetings as required.
12. Report all injuries to supervisor immediately regardless of how slight they might seem.
13. When not operating the truck & trailer, employees will be required to participate in basic maintenance of the trucks/trailers.
If driving duties are not available, workers will perform these duties on the farm or in the fields:
1. Use hand tools, including but not limited to: shovels, hoes, potato forks and knives.
2. Unloading, grading, sizing, cutting, applying seed treatment to potato seed.
3. Operating a forklift
4. Perform general farm duties as necessary.
All tools will be provided at no cost.
Special Requirements
Employees must maintain a drivers license that allows them to operate a vehicle in the United States. Driving farm field trucks over 26,000 pounds will be required. Drivers are not required to have a Class A CDL due to the agricultural exemption according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act 395.1((k)(1).