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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

30

Job Duties:

Tractor: Drive and control farm equipment to till, plant, cultivate, mow, and harvest crops. Many operations such as maintenance and or repair require good physical ability and knowledge. Workers may ride equipment such as irrigation tape injectors and or plastic mulch laying equipment. Other job duties include: o Harvest trailers, loading and unloading of seed, plants, materials and chemicals by hand or forklifts. o Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. o Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Multiple daily inspections of equipment or facilities to determine safety, condition, and maintenance needs. o Lay irrigation tape, burn, spray, pull, build and maintain ditches by hand, tractor, and loader. o Furrow irrigation preparation and maintenance of head and tail ditches, such as rowbuck, blade, and hand operated shovel when necessary. o Mixing of specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, bottles, buckets, water soluble packets, and seed into planter, sprayer, or mixing equipment. Prepare materials or solutions for application, utilization of supplied personal protection equipment per label instructions. o Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, trucks, irrigation pumps, loaders, forklifts, hand trucks, pickups, atv, trailers, man lifts, fuel tanks, water tanks, water trucks, chemical tank trailers, propane tank and harvest equipment. o Manipulate controls, monitors, touch screens, to safely operate agricultural equipment. o Operate equipment while observing and monitoring of workers riding equipment while transplanting, laying irrigation tubing, plastic mulch, burning and spraying ditches, planting, cultivating, tilling, pulling plastic mulch or tape. o Load hoppers, totes, buckets, conveyors, augers to feed machines with products, using tractors, loaders, forklifts, transfer augers, belts, buckets, and shovels. o Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weed growth, and diseases by hand, pull type, and self-propelled sprayers. o Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, cultivators, mowers, shredders, rippers, blades, etc, both pull type, link mounted, and power take off driven implements. o Operate towed, integrated, or link mounted machines while planting, fertilizing, dusting, burning, and spraying crops. o Walk beside or riding on machines while planting, tilling, harvesting or post-harvest cleaning of fields. o Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, fuel, or farms workers. o Weigh containers, record weights, counts of seed, crops, containers, supplies, chemicals, products being applied, planted, hauled, stored, harvested and transferred. Record, report and turning information into supervisor. o Must be able to read and execute written work orders, fill out information and return forms to supervisors per shift. All work is to be performed safely and in accordance to regulation, and company policies. Proper personal protection must always be worn. Work is conducted day and or night shifts, weekends, holidays as needed.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

3 months of harvesting experience in any of the commodities listed. Specific requirements include lifting up to 48 pounds frequently and able to use hand tools, including cutting knives. Must be able to work under conditions where skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc. Must be able to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions, including rain, cold, high winds, etc. Work involves frequent bending and working in bent or stooped positions. See addendum C.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Central Arizona Farming, Inc.

Location:

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Worksite

Address:

51040 West Valley Road, Aguila, AZ 85320

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23035-750876

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/21/2023

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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