Ag. Equipment Operator
Employer
1996 Highway 42
Cherry Valley, AR 72324
United States
Job description
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or
transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or
sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and
diseases, using hand sprayers. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Operate or tend equipment used
in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Maintain farm machinery and
notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or
harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines
with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Direct and monitor the
activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. Operate towed machines such
as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Weigh crop-filled containers, and
record weights and other identifying information. Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting
plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm
workers. Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten
products. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Drive
and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Till soil; plant and cultivate
grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive and operate self-propelled combine.
Special Requirements
See Addendum C