- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 6
- Job Duties:
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer
augers. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. 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. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed
machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machines
such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Weigh crop-filled containers, and
record weights and other identifying information. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Drive and
operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Attach farm implements, such as plow, disc
and drill to tractor. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn
machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest
crops. Clean work areas, and maintain grounds and landscaping. Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees,
and shrubs. Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures. Sweeping and cleaning shop and grounds area.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators