Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
4847 Fish Farm Rd
Sodus, NY 14551
United States
Job description
Summer prune trees, driving farm vehicles, bin repair, tree nursery work, hand thinning, orchard maintenance, picking
up rocks, apple harvest and use tractor to bring apples out of orchard, trimming trees, spraying & mowing using
tractor, harvest strawberries
-Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer
augers.
-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, using hand sprayers.
-Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
-Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
-Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
-Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
-Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
-Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
-Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
-Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from
housing (weather on or off the farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach the farm
fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis
Those that are requested to drive will be required to possess an appropriate license, no one will be rejected for this position that
does not possess a drivers license
Special Requirements
6 months verifiable experience spraying & mowing with tractor