Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
63454 Co Rd 4.5
Holyoke, CO 80734
United States
Job description
We operate a corn and rye farm with cow/calf herd. Need help operating equipment to prepare fields to plant, irrigate and harvest crops from March -December. Need assistance during calving. During summer you will help maintaining pasture fences and moving cattle to different pastures and checking on water. May have to help with sick cattle and with calving assistance. Need to be physically fit enough to work on field sprinklers. Must be able to maintain equipment and operate in a safe manner. Do not need help during non-H2A months because no growing crops and cows are on cornstalk pasture which requires minimal care. Job duties will include: prepare fields for planting, attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, seed drills, manure spreaders, irrigation equipment, operate other farm equipment, install, maintain and repair pivot irrigation systems, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers, load crops and unload crops clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps, feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies, herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures, inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences, mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos, patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles, shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food, operate farming equipment.
Special Requirements
Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures. Need a valid drivers license to use company vehicles to go from residence to the farm. Requires 3 months farm experience.