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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

10

Job Duties:

Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, ATV/side by sides, and semi-trucks. Semi-truck operation does not require a CDL and will only occur to transport crops either from fields to farm operated storage units or to transport crops to elevators. Employees will be participating in irrigation activities including laying pipe, walking length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, draining excess water from fields, and monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; building, constructing and maintaining levees, installing and removing levy gates, and putting in spillways. Manual duties include but are not limited to loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, fences, gates, barns and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; lifting objects as needed; mowing and landscaping on the farm. Duties also include receiving crop for drying and storage at grain storage facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to grain bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; operating augers and grain conveying equipment; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; and shoveling grain. Job requires having or being able to obtain a driver’s license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. Pay increase or bonus may be possible to employees depending on experience or merit and are at the sole discretion of the employer.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Random criminal background checks and drug screening may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure a safe housing and work environment for all workers.

Number of Hours Per Week:

54

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:10 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Prewitt Farms

Location:

Boyle, MS 38730

Telephone Number:

+16627194107

Worksite

Address:

2826 Hwy 446, Boyle, MS 38730

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-22322-596001

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/28/2022

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