What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ag Equipment Operator position at Taddiken Land & Cattle?
Perform primary duties on a farm for a farm like: Drive and operate farm equipment for the planting, maintaining, and harvesting of crops in fields. During planting, this would include attaching, moving, and/or operating equipment including tractors with planters and air seeders attached; sprayers for maintaining weed suppression before and immediately after planting. During the growing season, we would need field scouting to assess watering, weed and insecticide needs; mixing, loading, and filling the sprayer; reporting and maintaining accurate records. During harvest, the workers would be responsible for attaching, moving, and/or operating harvesting equipment such as self-propelled combines, grain carts attached to tractors, and drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, or tools. Mend fences. Secondary tasks include: dirt work with the skid loaders, dirt scrapers, and loaders; nutrient application; maintaining field equipment; loading, moving and baling native grasses; tree removal and weed suppression in native grasses. Equipment: Our operation uses tractors, sprayers, combines, and swathers.
Salary : $18