Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
4356 LA-577
Pioneer, LA 71266
United States
Job description
45-2091.00 Agricultural Equipment Operators: Workers will drive and control farm equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating and harvesting crops. May operate equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling threshing. Load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts and transfer augers. Workers will 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, using hand sprayers. observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Such activities prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. The job is outdoors and continues in all types of weather. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. A negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. to shoulder height repetitively throughout the workday and able to lift and carry 75 lbs. in the field. Must not hinder another worker's productivity. Use of a personal cell phone or another personal electronic device during working hours is strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies, and violation may result in immediate termination. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment, then at the time of operating the company vehicle, the driver must possess a valid driver's license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. Requires one month of verifiable prior farmworker experience in the crop activities listed.
Special Requirements
Workers may be required to perform work that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application. All other duties, if any are assigned, will be those duties of Farm Worker, Diversified Crops. This is a demanding and competitive business in which quality specifications must be rigorously followed. Sloppy work cannot and will not be tolerated. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug/alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or a positive test may result in immediate termination. All the testing will occur post-hire and not a part of the interview process.