What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agricultural Equipment Operator position at Robert Abell Farms J.V.?
We need a seasonal employee to assist with our crop production season. We grow corn, rice, and sorghum. Employee will need to plant, grow and harvest a variety of grain our season runs February to November. Employee will also need to water rice and must have the ability to walk long period of time. 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, irrigation equipment, operate other farm equipment, engage in planting, weeding, spraying and/or harvesting activities, irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps, mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into machinery, attach equipment extensions or accessories, load crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, drive farm trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment harvest agricultural products, operate farming equipment, prepare land for agricultural use, help repair equipment when it breaks down , keep equipment clean and the work aera neat. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Salary : $16