Agriculture Equipment Operators

Job description

Crops: Hay, straw, alfalfa, , Animal products, Beans, Bees, Corn, Field crops, General Farm Worker, Grains and beans, Grains, Grass, Green beans, Hay, Horses, Irrigators, Onion, Peas, Plants, Potato, Silage, Sorghum, Sweet corn, Sweetcorn, Tomato, Tractor Driver, Truck Driver

Operate large farm equipment and machinery equipped with GPS for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, moving, transporting, storing, and harvesting grain, oilseed crops and silage. Operate haying equipment for hay production of swathing, raking, baling, stacking. Assist with irrigation operation; mix and apply pesticides, load and unload equipment, chemicals, and fertilizers. Scrape and collect manure from the cattle pens, load with loaders into haul trucks, transport manure to compost production area. Screen compost to remove rocks and other foreign material, load in semi-trucks and haul to the field. Spread composted manure loaded into
tractor pulled spreaders. Level dirt and roads. Operate water trucks to settle dust.

The Employer attests that these workers will be properly trained by the farm manager who has a valid Private Applicator license which is the standard pursuant to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA). Furthermore, the farm manager will be available to ensure that workers understand all chemical labels, safety instructions, and application instructions pursuant to WSDA.

Workers who possess a valid driver’s license and meet all applicable legal requirements, including holding a doctor’s certificate as required by 29 CFR § 500.105 may be requested to operate employer-owned trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to haul tools, supplies, crops, and transport workers (whether on or off farm) to and from the worker housing to the farm properties and occasionally around the farm properties during the workday including on public roads to reach the fields where work will be performed; and/or may transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis. No applicants or workers will be rejected for not possessing a drivers license or who may be unwilling to drive company vehicles. Such duties are completely optional and may be declined by the worker at his or her sole discretion.

The employer can and will make alternative arrangements for the transportation of workers should the need arise.

Special Requirements

Workers must have at least 3 months of experience as an Agriculture Equipment Operator. Specific requirements include lifting up to 75 pounds.