Agricultural Equipment Operator

We need seasonal employees to assist with our corn and soybean production season. Employees will perform all assigned duties related to growing these crops, including preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery; engaging in planting, weeding, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting activities; fertilizing and spraying crops, including applying fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weeds, and diseases; loading and unloading crops or materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, transfer augers, or hand trucks; loading hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines using forklifts, augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks; manipulating controls to set, activate, and adjust equipment; observing and listening to machinery during operation to detect malfunctions; driving farm semi-trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools; inspecting, adjusting, and completing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment, including hauling crops from fields to local markets or first points of storage; cleaning work areas, equipment, and facilities while maintaining farm grounds; preparing land and soil for planting by digging, raking, screening, and conditioning; hauling and spreading topsoil, fertilizer, peat moss, and other soil amendments; planting, transplanting, pruning, spraying, weeding, fertilizing, watering, and tying plants and crops; inspecting crops for insects, disease, quality, and growth progress and recording observations, pesticide use, yields, and costs; identifying plants, pests, and weeds to determine appropriate pesticide and fertilizer applications; participating in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops; loading agricultural products into trucks and driving them to markets, storage, or delivery locations; maintaining and repairing farm vehicles, implements, equipment, buildings, fences, and other structures; maintaining inventory of materials and equipment and ordering supplies as needed; keeping operational and production records; and directing or monitoring the work of seasonal employees during planting and harvesting activities.

Salary : $19