Agricultural Equipment Operators

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisors. Sweet Potato Cultivation and Planting: Workers will harvest sweet potato slips and cuttings from seedbeds by selecting plants as directed, cutting them, and placing them into baskets. This work is repetitive and requires frequent bending and reaching. Under normal field conditions, workers must be able to meet the employer’s established production standards. Following slip harvesting, workers will perform planting duties both manually and by machine. Machine Planting: Workers will repeatedly place slips into a mechanical “butterfly” planting device, ensuring that approximately 2–3 inches of the plant end protrudes above the soil surface to allow for proper root establishment. Manual Planting: Workers will walk field rows, create holes approximately 3 inches deep, insert slips, and firmly pack soil around the plants at approximately 10-inch intervals. Sweet Potato Harvesting: Workers will manually harvest sweet potatoes from the ground and sort them into designated categories as instructed by the supervisor. Workers will fill 5/8-bushel buckets and transport full buckets to the field truck for unloading. A production tracking system may be used to record the volume harvested by each worker. Workers are expected to return promptly to the assigned picking area to continue harvesting throughout the duration of the work shift. This work involves repetitive lifting, bending, and carrying. Cucumber Planting and Cultivation: Workers will prepare cucumber transplants for placement in the field. Machine Planting: Workers will repeatedly place cucumber plants into a mechanical “butterfly” planting device, ensuring the plant end extends approximately 2–3 inches above the soil surface. Manual Planting: Workers will walk through the field, create holes approximately 3 inches deep, insert transplants, and firmly pack soil around the base. Workers will maintain plant spacing as directed by the supervisor. Cucumber Harvesting: Workers will manually harvest cucumbers as instructed by the supervisor and place harvested produce into five-gallon buckets. Once a bucket is full, workers will transport it to the field truck and unload the produce. This task is repetitive and requires workers to remain in a stooped or bent position for extended periods.

Salary : $13