Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
1781 County Road 74
Hemingford, NE 69348
United States
Job description
Drives and operates farm machines equipped with GPS such as John Deere tractors, 16 row planters, 30-45’ tillage tools, air drill, dirt scraper, square baler, sprayer, grain carts, New Holland skidloader, mowers, Lexion combine with corn, pickup, and stripper heads, to perform specified farm activities like plant, cultivate, harvest, irrigate, spray, store crops such as corn, sugarbeets, edible beans, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, millet; Hitches soil conditioning implement to tractor, and operates tractor and towed implement to furrow and cultivate soil; Drives tractor and operates designated towed machine to plant, fertilize crops; Operates self-propelled sprayer including safely and properly handling the fluids to load the sprayer; Drives truck or tractor with trailer attached to move crops, machinery, or equipment to designated locations; Unload grain onto conveyor to storage bins or elevators; Operate lawn mower, weed wacker, and hand held sprayer for pivot points; Tender seed, feed, chemical, fertilizer to machines; Tends center pivot sprinkler system that irrigates land; Starts gasoline engine and adjusts controls of sprinkler system across field or pushes on switch that activates sprinkler system, and starts pump that forces water through system to irrigate crops; Observes sprinklers to ensure uniform distribution of water to all areas; Lubricates, adjusts, and repairs or replaces parts to maintain system using handtools; Prepares harvesting machine by adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height of cutting head or depth of digging blades according to type, height, weight, and condition of crop being harvested, and contour of terrain; Drives self-propelled harvesting machine to cut, thresh, clean, store crops; Refuels engine, lubricates machine parts, and monitors machine operations in the field to ensure optimum performance; Driving farm vehicle; Minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment and worksite.
Special Requirements
See ADD C