Ag Equipment Operator

Job description

Drives and operates a variety of farm machines and equipment such as tractors, sprayers, and others to plant, harvest fruit, prune, thin, or spray grape vineyards. Maintains and performs preventative maintenance on machinery and equipment. Will follow directions for mixing and applying chemicals, including herbicide, and other pesticides under the supervision and direction of a licensed applicator. Vineyard work includes pruning, tying, hand hoeing, planting, shoot and cluster thinning, leaf pulling pest control, mowing, composting, weeding, moving catch wires, shoot positioning, trellis construction and repair, and hand and machine harvest. Workers must be physically able to harvest fruit including carrying 35 lb boxes of grapes over the head and out of the rows. Assist in loading and unloading trucks.

Workers may be requested but not required to work on their Sabbath.

Special Requirements

None