Agricultural Equipment Operator

Job description

Crops: Squash, dry beans, beans, beets, corn, greens, kale & spinach ,hay and wheat.

Workers must be capable of a wide range of tasks.

Equipment related work includes being able to operate farm machinery including tractors with GPS, perform tillage and cultivation tasks, and run harvesting equipment. At least 1 worker must be able to drive a pickup with a trailer attached and operate a skidsteer. Workers will assist with equipment maintenance while in the field. In addition, manual field work is required. This includes picking rocks by hand, hand hoeing to cultivate, weeding crops by hand, and hand harvest work. During squash harvest, workers will be carrying a full container weighing Approximately 50 lbs and empty this into a bin. Workers must pull and discard culls as directed by the supervisor. Pickers must take care not to bruise or scar produce. Some maintenance of fields, hedgerows, storage facilities, and buildings will also be required. Use hand tools including hoes, knives, shears, and other tools. Duties include tilling of soil, weeding, thinning crops, and picking stone, and harvesting crops. Identification of plants, weeds, and pests. Operate trucks, car, pickup, van, 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. Work requires sitting to operate equipment, standing, walking, lifting 50 lbs, and bending repetitively. Workers will be in the field in cold and hot weather. Work is performed during light rain, wet conditions, and high humidity. Must have 3 months of verifiable experience in tasks posted in this job order. Applicants must furnish job references from recent employers operating comparable operations to establish acceptable prior experience.

Special Requirements

The employer will not guarantee to pay the workers a bonus but reserves the right, at the employers sole discretion, to offer a bonus or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of the highest applicable rate stated above based on longevity of tenure or exceptional job performance.