Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
20 Duffield Ave.
Cedarville, NJ 08311
United States
Job description
Agriculture Equipment Operator to operate equipment used to harvest tomatoes. Must have the correct type of license required by State and Federals laws, and drivers responsible for transporting workers will be required to have a valid and unexpired Federal Farm Labor Contractor or Federal Farm Labor Contractor Employee Registration with driving authorization. Will be responsible for operating the vehicles used to move crops on the farm. Must be able to safely operate the buses that are used to transport workers to and from work sites. Transport workers on bus from housing to farm locations and back to housing, weekly shopping trips to stores for groceries and trips to the laundromat, and field level supervision - supervising farm labor. Should be able to provide proof of accident-free driving record and background. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. Operate forklifts and equipment used to move supplies and harvesting equipment in the field. Maintain harvest equipment. Must be able to reach, bend and lift items weighing 50 pounds. Must be able to work outdoors in dusty/dirty conditions, at extreme heat and cold inclement weather. Must be able to listen to, understand, and follow simple instructions of supervisors and dispatcher. Must be able to work in fields where ants, snakes and poison ivy are encountered. The alternative work is truck maintenance and farm maintenance – including the repair of vehicles and various equipment and tools used on the farm, irrigation; load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers; Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment; attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools; walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals; drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers; irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Use of personal cell phone or other personal electronic device during working hours strictly prohibited except for work-related calls or emergencies and violation may result in immediate termination.
Special Requirements
See Addendum C