Agricultural Equipment Operators/farmworkers And Laborers
Employer
4655N 950E
Buhl, ID 83316
United States
Job description
This job will encompass irrigation of crops, planting, and harvesting. The crops are corn, alfalfa, barley, and wheat.
The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.
Three months experience of general farm labor is required.
All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Agricultural Equipment Operators and Farm Worker and Laborer Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Codes 45-2091 and 45-2092.
General Farm Work will include the following duties
1. Maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements, tractors, equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest crops
2. Make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery
3. May mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable)
4. Remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds
5. Remove rocks from fields, edges of fields, concrete ditches, etc.
6. Paint, maintain, repair, farm structures
7. Perform general clean-up of farm areas
8. Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV’s), John Deere Gators, in the course of performing duties
9. Operate or maintain equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment, 4-wheelers, pick-ups, non-CDL, farm exempt trucks, and other commonly used equipment in agriculture.
10. Workers may also clear debris and garbage from fields and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas
11. Load and mix chemicals in addition to operating tractors pulling sprayers and/or operate sprayer
12. Operate tractor and implement to mow weeds on field edges
13. Backpack spray as required and/or operate tractor with spray tank connected to 3-point to spray weeds and/or ground
14. Burn weeds on all properties
15. Pull and/or hoe weeds on all properties
16. Baiting and trapping rodents as required
17. Operate non-CDL, exempt farm trucks, semi-trucks, 10-wheelers trucks, and/or any vehicle to haul corn, alfalfa (hay bales, haylage, green chop) from fields to farm
18. Workers that are insurable and have a valid drivers license may transport crops, supplies, equipment and workers.
Special Requirements
The employer agrees that it will offer, advertise in its recruitment, and pay at least the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), the prevailing hourly wage rate, the prevailing piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining rate, or the Federal or State minimum wage rate, in effect at the time work is performed, whichever is highest. If the worker is paid by the hour, the employer must pay this rate for every hour or portion thereof worked during a pay period. If the offered wage(s) disclosed in this clearance order is/are based on commission, bonuses, or other incentives, the employer guarantees the wage paid on a weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly basis will equal or exceed the AEWR, prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the legal Federal or State minimum wage, or any agreed-upon collective bargaining rate, whichever is highest.