What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ag Equipment Operator position at Berrybrook Enterprises?
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into a planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Maintain farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, mowers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. 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. Prune and train fruit trees. Irrigate soil, using drip lines or center pivot systems, and maintain tape, pipes, and pumps. Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest, and store crops. Till the soil, plant, and cultivate. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive and operate a self-propelled combine. Crops: Corn, Soybeans, Beans, Asparagus, Apples
Salary : $14