Ag Equipment Operator

AEWR; US Workers: AR: $13.40; H2A Workers: AR: $12.27. Drives and operates primarily John Deere farm machines equipped with GPS such as tractors, sprayers, and harvesters to perform specified farm activities like plant, cultivate, harvest, store crops such as corn, soybeans, rice, cotton, wheat; Hitches soil conditioning implement, such as plow, cultivator, harrow to tractor, and operates tractor and towed implement to furrow and cultivate soil; Drives tractor and operates designated towed machine, such as seed drill or planter, to plant, fertilize crops; Tends sprinkler system that irrigates land: Lays out strings irrigation pipe along designated settings in field; Connects using snap lock or wrench to tighten collar clamp; Starts engine and adjusts controls of sprinkler system across field or pushes on switch that activates sprinkler system, and starts pump that forces water through system to irrigate crops; Observes to ensure uniform distribution of water to all areas; Cleans, repairs, maintains, adjusts, replaces vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment using handtools, power tools, and materials such as metal, wood, plastic; Disassembles system and moves it to next location after specified time intervals; Prepares harvesting machine by adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height of cutting head or depth of digging blades according to type, height, weight, and condition of crop being harvested, and contour of terrain; Drives self-propelled harvesting machine to cut, thresh, clean, store crops; Moves switches, pulls levers, and turns knobs and wheels to activate and regulate mechanisms; Refuels engine, lubricates machine parts, and monitors machine operations to ensure optimum performance; Load agricultural products into trucks without over or underfilling bed or trailer and drive to market or storage facilities; Unload grain onto conveyor to storage bins or elevators.

Salary : $12 - $13