Agricultural Equipment Operator

Agricultural Equipment Operator: Prepare soil for planting, plant, cultivate, and harvest hay, corn soybeans, and small grains. Operate tractors with implements for fertilizing, spraying, cutting and baling. Load, unload and stack baled hay. Workers will move along rows of previously baled hay and straw, bending, stooping and lifting 50 lb. bales. Load and stack onto a truck or trailer in field. Unload and restack for storage. Feed hay to livestock. Spread manure by hand. May feed and rotate livestock grazing in pastures. Check and repair fencing. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Job duties include water irrigation activities. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Load and unload crops and farm materials. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields) during the workday. May operate truck with GVWR of less than 13 tons to deliver crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license. Prolonged walking, standing, bending, stooping, and reaching. The use or possession or being under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol during working time is prohibited. Workers may be requested to submit to random drug or alcohol tests at no cost to the worker. Failure to comply with the request or testing positive may result in immediate termination. All testing will occur post-hire and is not a part of the interview process. Negative result may be required post-hire and before commencing work. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. of farm product and supplies. Basic literacy and mathematical ability required. Requires minimum 2 month verifiable work experience operating up to 150 hp tractors with farm implements, including self-propelled forage equipment. Must commit to entire anticipated period of employment. Workers will be expected to perform any of the listed duties and work on any crop as assigned by the employer and/or worker’s supervisor.

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