Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job description

Operate farm vehicles/equipment like combines, harvesters, hauling trucks and similar agricultural equipment. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, mechanical equipment and trucks. Operate trucks to haul sugarcane from farm sites to sugarcane mill owned by association members/joint employers. CDL license or equivalent required. Workers will perform harvesting and agricultural duties and manual labor incidental to farming operations. Work tools, equipment and supplies are employer provided. Work is M-F 4am to 2pm with one hour lunch or 2:00pm to 12:00 am with a one hour meal break (each worker will work only one shift per day). Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and must be able to sit, walk, bend, stoop, reach, push, pull, and kneel for extended periods of time. Manual labor to cut sugarcane from its growing position on farm sites owned by association members/joint employers, gather sugarcane after it is cut, load it, transport cane to concentration points, then load and unload sugarcane from farm sites to sugarcane mill owned by association members/joint employers. Work is done in all kinds of weather. After hire, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker as part of fitness for duty. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. Possibility of work breakdown will not reduce the workers' guarantee over the life of the contract.