Agricultural Equipment Operator 45-2091.00

Job description

Crops: Spring Mix Commodities, Spinach, Variety of Kale, Lettuces, Romaine, Herb (Variety)
General Summary:
Job Description and Requirements
The job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable commercial agricultural employment experience, preferably on a vegetable farm, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. This is hard, strenuous labor, under cold, wet conditions in the spring, and extreme heat and humidity in the summer.
Workers will be required to drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops.
Workers will be asked to Operate vehicles, mechanized devices or equipment. The workers will be running, maneuvering, navigating or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment such as forklifts, tractors, and passenger vehicles.
Workers will control machine processes using either mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes.
Workers will direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license will be required to drive passenger company vehicles.
In addition, workers will be required to perform variable tasks such as the load agricultural products for shipment, prepare materials for plant use, load materials or equipment for processing; driver passenger vehicles; record agricultural data, attach equipment extensions or accessories.
Work will also include mechanized fieldwork using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators, and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex, or non-routine activities will be supervised. Field workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand, and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings.
Workers must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or another durable footwear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.

The employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able to but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work eight hours per day Monday- Saturday every day that work is available for the full period of employment shown in Item 9, even though work may be slack for brief periods at any point during the season. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment. Work available is defined as, no work required on the worker Sabbath or federal holidays, but work is required 8.5 hours per day Monday- Saturday. The first day of the week will begin on Sunday evening, which is considered Monday harvest.

Special Requirements

All workers should have at least 3 months experience, operating commercial agricultural equipment, preferable on a vegetable farm handling both manual and machine tasks association with commodity production and harvest activities. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. All Workers must be at least 18 years of age. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers may be subject to random drug testing post hire at no cost to the employee post hire. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.