Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
1568 Dane Ridge Road
Dow City, IA 51528
United States
Job description
We operate a corn, soybean, and hay farm. Job duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, and other farm equipment; mixing specified materials or chemicals and loading solutions, powders, or seeds into machinery; observing and listening to machinery to detect malfunctions; loading and unloading crops; operating equipment to harvest crops; driving pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools; inspecting, adjusting, and performing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment; and completing hay operations such as windrowing, raking, baling, gathering bales, and hauling bales to the stack yard. Duties may also include general dirt work. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience.
Special Requirements
Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license. Requires 3 months farm experience.