What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agricultural Equipment Operator position at Jessica Brophy?
We operate an irrigated and dryland farming operation. We need seasonal workers to assist with our corn, wheat, beans and rye. We begin to prep the acres for planting in March and our harvest season is November. Help is needed during the crop growing season. 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, seed drills, manure spreaders, irrigation equipment, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers, load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks, manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, load crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, complete maintenance and repairs on irrigation equipment, drive pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment. Regular maintenance duties around the farm: mowing, fence building, shop clean up and general clean up.
Salary : $20