Farm Worker
Employer
818 Stroud Road
Wingo, KY 42088
United States
Job description
Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, forklifts, flat-bed trucks, and passenger trucks. Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven on the farm and to storage facilities. Manual duties include but are not limited to loading seed into planters; changing combine cutting heads; moving, attaching, and detaching equipment; and using hand tools in fields; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, structures, buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; mowing and landscaping around the farm; inventory management of seed, parts, tools, etc.; and lifting items as needed. Duties also include receiving crop for drying at grain storage facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to grain bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; and shoveling grain. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.
Special Requirements
Job requires having or being able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy skills are required. General lifting, pushing, pulling, walking, sitting, stooping, bending over, and repetitive movements are required for maintenance and repair work on equipment, preforming farm tasks, and general task work in the farm shop and in the field. Random drug testing and criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers. Positive drug test results or refusal to comply with testing may result in termination of employment.