Agricultural Equipment Operator Or Farmworker And Laborer

Job description

This is an application for farm workers and laborers for a farm that grows tomatoes, sweet corn, berries, pumpkins, and garden vegetables along with other row and field crops, like triticale. All other duties assigned under this order will be both those duties of Agricultural Equipment Operator 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.

The employer requires three (3) months of general farm labor and irrigation experience.

Workers that possess a valid driver’s license and be insurable may drive vehicles to transport crops, equipment, supplies, and workers.

The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.

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 fields, concrete ditches, etc.
6. Pain, 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, 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 farm trucks, semi-trucks, 10-wheelers trucks, and/or any vehicle to haul corn, alfalfa (hay bales, haylage, green chop) from fields to farm

Irrigation Duties
Hand Lines
1. Connect pipes
1. Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution
2. Attach lines to water supply
3. Prime/Turn on pump
4. Turn valves to start flow of water
5. Disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals
6. Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times
7. Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on a sustained basis

Special Requirements

Additional Wage Information:
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.