Agricultural Equipment Operator

Job description

Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, and irrigation equipment.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
Farm machinery is used to help with soil preparation, crop planting, harvesting, and crop processing.
Workers' activities include cleaning and preparing farm equipment for daily use.
Workers will conduct post-harvest, end-of-season activities, including repairing, cleaning, and preparing farm equipment for the following season.

General Labor: weeding, cleaning garbage around the fields, moving sprinklers, drip tape.
Packing, grading & sorting products.
Packing line workers: sort produce from conveyor belt for proper sorting while in the fields. Harvest and prepare for packing.
Machine/equipment operator: able to operate machinery, including tractors, as directed and trained by supervisory personnel.
Forklift operator: single/double, individuals should be able to operate a forklift to load pallets of packed product into refrigerated trucks as directed and trained by supervisory personnel.
Work may be done on the ground and/or with the use of a harvesting machine where workers may pack the cartons while walking behind or mounted on the machine.
Thinning: Workers walk in uneven furrows. Under the direction of the field supervisor, field workers look for the specified gap between seeds, and using a long-handled hoe thins out any excess crop/seeds and/or weed on the seed line and leave the desired product and gap on the field.
The worker cleans the lot for any unwanted weed on the beds and seed lines and removes it from the field as instructed by the field supervisor.
Some workers may carry and assemble empty boxes. Worker must be able to lift 60 lbs.
Must be able to bend and stoop throughout the day.

Workers will be expected to comply with all provisions of this Clearance Order and the Company's work rules, policies, and procedures and to perform any and all assigned tasks in a work person-like and efficient manner. Failure to do so will subject the worker to the employer's disciplinary procedures. The employer endeavors to produce a premium product. This is a demanding, competitive business. A high-quality product is expected and demanded by our customers. Sloppy or improper work cannot and will not be tolerated.

Special Requirements

The candidate must have at least 3 months of experience handling both manual and mechanical tasks, including agricultural field work. This experience must be verifiable.

Variable weather conditions. All work must be performed in a manner that exhibits Generally Accepted Practices (GAP) and the utmost food safety at all times.

Workers will be expected to work in conditions normally associated with uneven fields and the California climate. These conditions include dust, extremes of temperature and humidity, wind, and at times, exposure to high levels of pollen. Workers should wear clothing suited to these conditions, including closed-toe shoes, hats, gloves, protective sleeves, and jackets, which will provide adequate protection and allow freedom.