Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
30305.5 Road 7
Flagler, CO 80815
United States
Job description
The job entails working with animals and machinery, outdoors in all types of weather (extreme heat, wind, and cold), and occasional exposure to herding hazards, such as cattle stampedes. Performs duties like: apply or administer medication/vaccinations; mix additives in feed; check and maintain feed/water; place mineral blocks. Workers will dock, castrate, and brand livestock. Ride horse or 4-wheeler to move cows; confine livestock in stalls; herd livestock to various pastures; drive equipment. Use loader tractor and skid steer to pile manure in the feedlot and calving barns. Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, spray, cultivate, harvest and store crops/hay. Make hay; hoist and stack hay bales onto wagon or truck. Haul hay to yard from hay field with semi-trailer and hay trailer. Load and unload semi-trucks. Drive semi-trucks to transport crops to elevator or storage area. Clean out bins. Repair, replace and build barbed wire fence. Cleanup. General lubrication, service (checking fluids) and incidental repair to farm machinery.
Equipment: Wheel loader, Feed truck, Roller mill, Generator, Semi truck, pickup, 4 wheel drive tractor
Crops: Corn and wheat
Special Requirements
Minimum of 3 months of experience is required. Must be able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Due to liability to the farmer using semi-trucks and heavy machinery, a drug screening will be required post-hire at the employers expense. 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. Wage rate may increase with verifiable experience. Employer may reward exceptional work with monetary or other benefits in addition to those listed here in his sole discretion.