Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
887 N 800 E Rd
Gibson City, IL 60936
United States
Job description
We are a family operating farm that require more seasonal labor than the family can provide to get farm work done in a timely manner. We need a seasonal employee to assist with the workload that is required to raise a healthy and a nutritional crop in a safe manner. 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, operate other farm equipment, engage in planting, weeding, spraying and/or harvesting activities, load crops and unload crops, record agricultural data, drive pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping, inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress, load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities, maintain inventory, ordering materials as required, operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops, plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures, clean equipment or facilities, confer with managers to make operational decisions. Employee will need to assist with daily routine operational needs during the crop season. Employee will need to check oil and fluid level on equipment used daily and be able to check air pressure in tires and add air when needed.
Special Requirements
Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license. Require 1 month farm experience.