- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 1
- Job Duties:
- Record information about crops such as pesticide use, yields, or costs; Direct and monitor work
during planting and harvesting of crops; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and
mechanical equipment; Set up, repair, maintain, and operate irrigation equipment including setting
plan with pipe planner; Inform 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, cotton, rice, soybeans;
Maintain John Deere Operations Center and relay data; Load inputs and drive trucks to transport to
employer’s fields, load employer’s crops and drive trucks to transport to fields and storage facilities
such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags; Clean work areas and maintain grounds, housing,
landscaping; Maintain inventory including segregating grain in bins; Haul and spread topsoil, fertilizer,
and other materials to condition soil; Mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter or sprayer
machinery; Attach implements using hand tools; Haul headers, parts, chemical, fuel from field to field,
to applicator, and to shop; Deliver seed to planters; Scale trucks in and out of grain facility and keep
track of tickets; Tag and inventory.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators