- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- This position is for general farm labor and irrigation duties.
General Farm Work will include the following duties
1. Maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements, tractors, equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops
2. Make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery
3. May mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable)
4. Remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds
5. Remove rocks from fields, edges fields, concrete ditches, etc.
6. Pain, maintain, repair, farm structures
7. Perform general clean-up of farm areas
8. Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV’s), John Deere Gators, in the course of performing duties
9. Operate or maintain equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment, 4-wheelers, pick-ups, trucks, and other commonly used equipment in agriculture.
10. Workers may also clear debris and garbage from fields and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas
11. Load and mix chemicals in addition to operating tractors pulling sprayers and/or operate sprayer
12. Operate tractor and implement to mow weeds on field edges
13. Backpack spray as required and/or operate tractor with spray tank connected to 3-point to spray weeds and/or ground
14. Burn weeds on all properties
15. Pull and/or hoe weeds on all properties
16. Baiting and trapping rodents as required
17. Operate farm trucks, semi-trucks, 10-wheelers trucks, and/or any vehicle to haul corn, alfalfa (hay bales, haylage, green chop) from fields to farm
- Job Classification:
- 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse