What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse position at Stock Farms Agricultural Association?
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties found in SOC Code 45-2092 Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse such as: Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops such as working with grain bins and augers; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; Set up, repair, maintain, and operate irrigation equipment; Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) such as planter, tillage tool to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops such as corn, soybeans; Load inputs and drive trucks to transport to employer’s fields, load employer’s crops and drive trucks to transport to fields and storage facilities such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags in close proximity to the farm; Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping; Regulate conditions; Mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. The driving duties requested by this application are those consistent with the tasks outlined by 49-2092 which include machinery operated by the workers such as combines, sprayers, trucks, loaders, four wheel drive tractors with carts, trailers, planter/seeders, or tillage tools attached, pickups, UTVs, etc. Those pieces of machinery have weights ranging from 1,500 to 90,000 lbs, generally travel at slow speeds over short distances, and do not require any experience, licensing, or training above those normal and accepted under SOC Code 45-2092; Speak and understand english. Approximate staggered entry: 2 workers to begin February; 2 workers to begin March; 1 worker to begin April.
Salary : $10