What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farm Worker position at Gypsy Farms?
Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, GPS technologies, computer generated maps, harrower, hopper, sprayers, combines, cotton picker, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, grain cart, and grain systems. Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven on the farm and to storage facilities. Duties include participating in irrigation activities including laying pipe, walking length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, draining excess water from fields, run water furrows, and monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops. Manual labor include treating, delivering and loading seed with necessary chemicals; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, farm housing, pivot points, buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; building and maintaining property borders; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; chopping, pulling, spraying and removing weeds; and following safety directions. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.
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