Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
11015 N Goff Pl
Hobbs, NM 88242
United States
Job description
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery; Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, planters, harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; Irrigate soil and maintain systems; Record information about crops; Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest grain and oilseed crops such as corn; Operate haying equipment for hay production of swathing, raking, baling, stacking and transporting from field to storage; Attend to live farm animals such as cattle; Load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields, load crops and drive trucks to transport to fields and storage facilities such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags; 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.
Special Requirements
See ADD C