Ag Equipment Operator/livestock Worker
Employer
4014 CR 458
Stockdale, TX 78160
United States
Job description
All job duties are directly related to the production of crops and livestock with the larger percentage related to agricultural equipment operation.
Perform any combination of the following tasks required in equipment operation, farmwork and the production of crops: adjust alignment of pipes ; adjust gates and pipe connections to control water flow; adjust valves to start and/or adjust water flow; adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions; apply medications to cuts and bruises; apply, monitor, and control fertigation (applying fertilizer through irrigation) chemicals applied through irrigation system; dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter
or sprayer machinery; evaluate the condition of the crop/weather and adjust harvesting activity based on evaluation; irrigate soil through operation of sprinkler systems; loading/unloading trucks; maintain/drive/attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil,
plant, cultivate, fertilize, apply chemicals and harvest crops; maintenance of farm structures; mix specified material or chemicals and dump solutions/powders into irrigation system or sprayer machinery; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment
malfunctions; operate maintain and repair all components of a sprinkler; operate multiple types of pumps; perform some maintenance and adjustments to implements/tractors/equipment; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; remove pipe from fields and place in storage; remove pipe from storage; shovel and pack dirt in low spots or cut trenches to direct water flow; use proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment.
Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with castration of livestock; assist with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals ; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring (including night checks); brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; operate and tend equipment such as
pickups, 4-wheelers, tractors, tub grinders and skid steers trailers (livestock, utility and flatbed); spray livestock with insecticide.
Special Requirements
Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, spend the majority of work days on the range, live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperature, attend animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for movement of livestock, maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner, handle animals using low stress handling methods.