- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 10
- Job Duties:
- Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of corn, grain, hay and potatoes.
Supervisory duties may include the following: supervise, demonstrate, instruct and communicate with lead persons, labor crews and other workers with regards to required job duties; plan personnel, equipment and supply requirements for each farm task; assist in personnel education and job performance evaluations; identify and manage disease and pest control needs; hire/train new employees; review timesheets, distribute pay checks and manage wage changes; properly notify H/R of terminations or employee issues; attend meetings to discuss/organize schedules, labor and equipment; order parts to maintain/repair equipment and provide employees with necessary supplies to complete their job duties; supervise farm machinery maintenance work; check and determine when soil moisture/temperature is correct/suitable for planting and harvest; calculate crop yields; supervise crop storage to ensure crops do not bruise, rot, freeze, dry out or mold; assist in budgeting for the upcoming crop year; keep/maintain records.
Supervisor may also perform the following general farm and irrigation duties as well as supervising and assisting operators/irrigators with same:
General Farm Work: maintain, drive, attach, adjust and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops; make minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery, vehicles and trucks; load planter; report malfunctions; operate wheel loaders, grain sweeps and GPS tracking systems in advance technology tractors; maintain correct planting, harvesting and cultivating adjustments required by constantly changing fields and conditions; may mix and/or spray/apply chemicals/fertilizer (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; demonstrate and use hand signals; drive truck to move raw unfinished product from fields to raw storage facilities or from storage facilities to fields for replanting; unload grain onto conveyors and into planting machines, storage bins or elevator; operate grain sweep.
Duties related to the Cutting/Sorting of Seed Potatoes will include the following:
Will instruct techniques to cut and sort potatoes by: using knife to cut potato into sections; place potatoes on machine that cuts potatoes into sections; push button to start machinery; tend/ monitor machine to insure proper movement of product; discard diseased/rotting/inferior product and foreign matter; report malfunctions; general cleanup.
Irrigation -
Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move lines across fields at specified intervals.
Pivots: push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system.
Other Irrigation Duties: instruct/train lead person in proper irrigation procedures; remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns in fields; lubricate, adjust, repair and replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools. Observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water; observe the movement of wheel sets, ensure motors are operating properly and adjust pressure of water flowing through sprinklers; disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse