Ag Equipment Operator

Job description

Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, ortransfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter orsprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, anddiseases, 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 usedin agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Maintain farm machinery andnotify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, orharvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machineswith products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machinessuch 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 insertingplants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farmworkers. Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rottenproducts. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Driveand operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Till soil; plant and cultivategrain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive and operate self-propelled combine.

Farming with: Alfalfa, Carrots, Corn, Dry Beans, Kidney Beans, Silage, Sugar Beets, Wheat

Special Requirements

Minimum of 3 months of experience is required. Must be able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Employer requires drug screen post hire at employers expense due to the liability of operating equipment. Employer requires criminal background check post-hire at employers' expense due to the presence of children on the farm and expensive tools and equipment. Failure to pass drug screen and/or criminal background check will result in termination of employment. Lift and carry items weighing up to 60 pounds. The worker will be exposed to extreme temperatures. Extensive pushing and pulling is required. Extensive sitting is required. Extensive walking is required. Frequent stooping is required. Repetitive movements is required. Workers must have positive verifiable experience relevant to the job and be capable of performing physically demanding tasks. Workers must be able to speak English. Employees must adhere to strict biosecurity, company policies, and food safety guideli