Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
Noel Property, Highway 405
Donaldsonville, LA 70346
United States
Job description
Plant, cultivate and harvest sugarcane. Operate farm vehicles, agricultural equipment. Prepare fields for planting.Work in groups to plant sugarcane while walking behind moving wagon when needed. Use hand tools such as shovels, machetes, and knives. Duties may include plowing, harrowing, tilling soil, weeding crops, and applying fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. Clean and load harvested products. Load field wagons with sugarcane stalks that have been segmented using machetes. Walk
behind wagons and hand plant sugarcane at designated intervals in furrows. Mow, cut and weed fields. Assist with cleaning and maintenance and repairing equipment, fences, and farm buildings. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements and agricultrual equipment. Operate farm vehicles to load sugarcane onto trailers to assist with the completion of the harvest process. Dig, clear and maintain ditches to drain water from fields. Workers must operate all equipment properly and in a manner that protects operator, others, the employer's products, and property. Failure to comply with safety requirements and operating instructions may result in disciplinary action up to and including immediate termination. Inform farm managers of crop progress. Using the employer's vehicles, licensed drivers may transport workers and may be offered additional hours. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the
employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.
Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.
TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage; (3) has treated company property (tools, equipment, crops, fixtures, etc.
Special Requirements
Three months experience operating agricultural equipment. Work will be outdoors in inclement weather conditions including extreme temperatures during the peak, while planting and harvesting cane. Bend, stoop, walk, sit, reach and kneel repetitively. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies weighing up to 50 lbs. Must be 18 years or older.