- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 3
- 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. Direct and monitor the activities of
work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. 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. Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of
machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers. 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. Drive and operate self-propelled combine. Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. 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. Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures.
Crops: Corn, Dry Beans, Soy Beans, Wheat
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators