Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
5049 Battleboro Leggett Rd.
Battleboro, NC 27809
United States
Job description
As detailed O*Net under Agricultural Equipment Operators, Employees will be performing the following tasks: load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solution to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases using hand sprayers. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Manipulate control to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, 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. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
On farms, assist with planting crops (wheat, corn, cotton, and soybeans) with tractor, spraying crops using sprayer, mixing product, harvesting crops using combine harvester. Assisting in shop with maintaining equipment.
Three (3) months of agricultural experience required.
Worker schedule will be 7:00am - 5:00pm, Monday through Friday; each worker will receive two hours of break time for a total of 8 hours, Monday - Friday. On Saturday the work schedule will be 7:00am - 12:00pm, without any break time. Total work hours for the work week will be 45 hours.
Special Requirements
Three (3) months of agricultural experience required.