Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer
102 McLeod St
Yerington, NV 89447
United States
Job description
All the tasks in this job description constitute one (1) job; the employer may assign workers to different tasks on any day or to multiple tasks during the same day at the sole judgement of the employer. Workers will be required to assist in the harvest of onions by performing the following duties: Workers must operate a tractor with onion lifting equipment to lift the onions out of the ground. Workers will operate a forklift to move full bins and load the bins onto a flatbed truck for storage. Workers will also provide the harvest crews with empty bins. Workers will be required to drive the sack loader tractor. Workers will be required to ride on the top of the sack loader to make sure bags empty completely and the discarded empty bags are placed into a basket on top of the loader. Workers may transport crops and farm equipment between growing sites and to storage. Workers will follow the sack loader to recover any onions that may fall from the loader to be placed into buckets and returned to the bin truck for removal from the field. Workers will also drive the onion bin trucks in the field and may drive the truck to the storage facility. Workers may also operate a tractor, as is the norm in growing row crops. Workers may be required to perform work, on the farm, that is incidental to farming the crops listed in the application, such as performing hand cultivation and harvest tasks, set up, move and remove irrigation pipes, drip tape and equipment. Workers will be required to operate farm equipment to (i) prepare agricultural ground and seed beds for row crop production. Ground
preparation includes ground leveling, disking fields, ripping fields, using land planes, and chisel plowing fields. Bed preparation for row crop production includes listing, mulching, and seed bed preparation. Workers will be required to apply fertilizers and chemicals with farm equipment, such as spray rigs, as necessary to prepare fields for planting. Workers may also be required to move, install, or remove irrigation equipment, such as pipe and drip tape, incidental to the preparation of agricultural land and the harvest of crops. All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Agricultural Equipment Operators, under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Classification Code 45-2091.
Specific instructions and close supervision will be provided by the farm owner and/or supervisor designated by the grower. Workers will be expected to perform their duties in a timely and proficient manner and will have close supervision to insure adherence to instructions. Work will be closely monitored and reviewed for quality.
Worker may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so. All work related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor. If requested, worker must sign a document weekly to confirm whether or not they have been injured and other work related information. Worker may not engage in horseplay or other disruptive or discourteous behavior at work, in housing or while riding on employer provided transportation. Workers must treat fellow employees and their foremen/supervisor with courtesy and follow their directions/instructions. Workers must comply with attached work rules and other lawful job related work requirements as disclosed. The employer will provide without charge to the worker the tools, supplies and equipment necessary to perform the job duties. The employer will charge the worker for reasonable costs related to the workers refusal or negligent failure to return property of the employer or due to such workers wilful damage or destruction of such property.
Work may be performed during light rain and in windy conditions and in temperatures in excess of 100 degrees F.
Special Requirements
Must have 30 days verifiable experience in operating onion lifting farm equipment and general knowledge of onion
harvesting practices, operating farm equipment in preparing agricultural ground and seed beds for row crop
vegetable production.
Employees may be requested only after they are hired to take drug or alcohol tests at Peri & Sons expense and at no cost to the worker in the event of an accident or incident that would warrant testing as recommended by our workers compensation insurance carrier. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination.