Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
54 RUDINSKI LANE
PINE ISLAND , NY 10969
United States
Job description
Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (whether on or off 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 farmer?s fields and/or transport workers to the grocery store, or bank on an as-needed basis. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Not all workers are requested to drive; drivers will be required to possess a valid operators license. No one will be rejected for the position that does not possess a class D license. Manually seed, plant, transplant, cultivate, irrigate, & harvest by hand and machine agricultural commodity including but not limited to: onions, cilantro, herbs, forage crops, vegetables, and other produce. Duties include yard clean-up and maintenance, field preparation by tilling soil, applying fertilizers, applying spray, mulching, applying & removing plastic, field drainage, stripping & drying, transplanting, weeding, thinning and pruning in the fields and/or greenhouses. May drive and operate farm trucks and tractors and drive for market delivery. Use hand tools including but not limited to clippers, hammer, shovels, and knives. Repair, maintain, clean, sanitize farm vehicles, tractors and implements and equipment, and buildings used in processing produce. Construct trellises, repair fences & farm buildings. Construct and repair pallets, boxes and storage containers. Sort, dump, grade, clean and pack produce in farm building. Lift, move, and place pallets. Work requires standing, sitting, kneeling and lifting up to 75lbs. on a consistent basis throughout the day. While working in the field cell phone usage is limited to emergency use only. Employer may test for illegal drugs and alcohol at their expense any time after hire, for the safety of themselves and others as they will be operating machinery. Failure to comply with request or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in termination. Due to health & safety concerns on our farm workers must understand basic instruction in English. Workers referred as a result of this order must have a minimum of six months of verifiable experience in performing the tasks described in his order.
Special Requirements
The employer reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to temporarily raise the above listed piece rate due to crop
conditions and/or change piece rate and the count per box due to unpredictable market request. In the tasks where there is no prevailing practice to pay a piece rate the employer, at his sole discretion may opt to pay per hour to ensure a good quality product.
Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to any seasonal worker employed pursuant to this job order at the companys sole discretion
based on individual factors including but not limited to work performance and experience