Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
CR 308
Houlka, MS 38850
United States
Job description
Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks & roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. Workers may be asked to operate vehicles (field trucks), farm equipment, drive all tractors (in the field), and implements on farm including hipper, disk, dual, chisel plow, potato transplanter, bushhawg, grain buggy, skid steer, track loader, forklift, potato digger, water wagon to water plants, trailers, sprayer, plant topper, field cultivator, box blade, and any other equipment related to the planting, cultivation of crops. Workers may be asked to operate tractors pulling disc, hippers, do-all, diviner, transplanter, rolling cultivators and two row diggers. Workers may prepare ground for planting; manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools; set up, operate, and repair irrigation systems; drain water from fields with hand tools and shovels when needed; load and unload boxes on truck, trailers, or sweet potato harvesters with track loader and/or forklifts; repair, maintain and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Sweet Potatoes - Covering potatoes with use of bedding machine. Cover, punch holes, and remove plastic and paper from plant beds. Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto trucks. Walk behind potato transplanter and fill in slips by hand. Riding mechanical transplanter and loading slips in planting cups. Divining plants by hand. Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. May harvest sweet potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade & pack potatoes by size, quality, or type. General Field Maintenance - Use wood to build and repair potato boxes for digger using chop saw, table saw, planer, nail guns, and staple guns. Wash and clean farm buildings. May drive workers to/from housing to fields and to grocery store once a week.
Special Requirements
Three (3) months experience in riding mechanical diggers, transplanter, hand-cutting slips, sorting and grading sweet potatoes. Applicants must be 18 years or older per liability insurance requirements. Valid drivers license required. Employer may conduct background checks on all new applicants for employment at employers expense. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to the workers. Lifting requirement may have a range of 5 - 60 lbs. Workers must not have any physical limitations that would prevent them from performing duties of job, with or without reasonable accommodation. If the employee is unable or unfit to perform the duties listed after a 14-day trial period, the employee will