Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
6615 North 400 West
Decatur, IN 46733
United States
Job description
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks,
forklifts, or transfer augers. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on
machinery. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors,
combines, and irrigation equipment. Maintain 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.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting
activities. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize,
dust, and spray crops. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Drive and
operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Till soil; plant and
cultivate
Special Requirements
No minimum education requirement. Lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds. Wage rate
may increase with verifiable experience. Employer may reward exceptional work with monetary
or other benefits in addition to those listed here in his sole discretion.