- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 8
- Job Duties:
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks,
forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions,
powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to
control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Observe and
listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Manipulate controls to set,
activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Operate or tend equipment used in
agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Adjust, repair,
and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm
implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand
tools.. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts,
transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies,
tools, or farm workers. Load or unload trucks or help others with loading or unloading, using
special loading-related equipment or other equipment as necessary.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators