What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agricultural Equipment Operator position at Herr Agriculture LLC?
We operate a Corn, Wheat, Beans, Rye, Soybeans, and Sunflower farm. We need season employees during the spring months of planting, summer months of crop spraying and fall months for harvest and hauling crop in November and December. Job duties will include: prepare fields for planting, attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, fertilize, dust, and spray crops, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, forklifts, or transfer augers, manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions, walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals, load crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, drive pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
Salary : $19