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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

4

Job Duties:

Drive and control farm equipment and attached farm implements to plant, irrigate, cultivate, and harvest trees. Adjust, inspect, repair, and service farm machinery. Specifically, they will set up and operate irrigation equipment, operate mowers, fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest trees. They will repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to trees; clear and maintain irrigation ditches; and report to farm owners/managers as needed. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms or machinery. Observe and listen to machinery operations to detect equipment malfunctions. 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. Using hand sprayers, spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases. 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, pipes, and pumps.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Due to the use of vehicles and heavy machinery, drug testing may be conducted post-hire at the employers expense and is not part of the interview process. 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 employers expense. Because workers use expensive, heavy agriculture equipment, any worker with recent a criminal conviction for DWI or property crimes will be terminated.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

JLH Farms, LLC

Location:

La Grange, TX 78945

Worksite

Address:

341 Bordovsky Road, La Grange, TX 78945

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24306-447559

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/18/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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