Agricultural Truck Driver

Job description

Duties will include load, unload, maintain, attach and operate farm implements, tractors, equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, haul fertilizer and harvest crops; make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); load/unload semi-trucks remove rocks and/or foreign material from field, and/or fuel from storage tanks to various fields located on the farm; haul corn and milo during planting from cellars or storages to the warehouse on the farm. All workers might be required to do equipment repairs, conducting daily general maintenance duties to farm equipment.

Operating self-propelled equipment such as semi-truck with specialized harvesting trailer in the process of reaping, harvesting, threshing, swathing or winnowing crops such as corn and milo. Load crops onto trucks by driving alongside harvesting machines without stopping, maintaining appropriate distance. Perform manual or mechanical adjustments. Maintain and repair. Transport harvested crops from field to farm storage such as elevator, silo, or other storage area. Drive from one field to another.

Special Requirements

The worker will work 7 hours per day depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, and maturity of the crop. However, in order to meet the three-fourths guarantee, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order for a workday, or on the Sabbath or Federal holidays.
The name, address, and/or telephone number of at least one reference who has first-hand knowledge and can verify the workers experience will be required. Three months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain following hire appropriate CDL and obtain clean driving record to drive trucks. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs.