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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

2

Job Duties:

Drive and control farm equipment and attached farm implements to till soil and to plant, irrigate, cultivate, and harvest grain crops. Adjust, inspect, repair, and service farm machinery. Specifically, they will set up and operate irrigation equipment, tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow, and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest crops, including both manual driving and GPS-controlled systems. They will repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to crops; clear and maintain irrigation ditches; and report to farm owners/ managers as needed. They will be required to drive grain trucks and tractor-trailers, corn pickers, soybean harvesters, and cotton pickers, and use various hand tools as required for task. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms or machinery. Observe and listen to machinery operations to detect equipment malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, or forklifts, or transfer augers. Workers may receive salary increases and bonuses based upon merit, skill, and/or experience at the sole discretion of the employer.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

6

Special Requirements:

6 months of employment experience required. Due to the operation of machinery and vehicles, drug testing may be conducted post-hire at the employer's expense. All workers may be subject to mandatory testing if they have been involved in a reportable accident or upon reasonable suspicion that drug use is impacting job performance. Criminal background checks are conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and are used to check for history of DWIs or DUIs since the workers are operating vehicles and machinery.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

S&S Turf LLC

Location:

San Angelo, TX 76905

Worksite

Address:

6894 Bean Road, San Angelo, TX 76905

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-23345-558562

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/2/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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