- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- Record information about crops such as pesticide use, yields, or costs; Direct and monitor work
during planting and harvesting of crops; Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage,
and post-harvest treatment of crops; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and
mechanical equipment; Set up, repair, maintain, and operate irrigation equipment; Inform
farmers or farm managers of crop progress; Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and
self-propelled machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) to plow, harrow and fertilize
soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops such as corn, wheat, canola; Load
agricultural products into trucks without over or underfilling bed or trailer, and drive to market or
storage facilities; Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping; Regulate
conditions; Maintain inventory; Trap and destroy pests such as moles, gophers, and mice; Haul
and spread topsoil, fertilizer, and other materials to condition soil; Repair, maintain, fashion,
service farm buildings, fences, and other structures; Mix materials, dump solutions or seeds
into planter or sprayer machinery; Attach implements using hand tools; Weigh containers and
record weights and identifying information.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators