- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, 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. Drive trucks to haul
crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Load or unload trucks or help others with loading or unloading,
using special loading-related equipment or other equipment as necessary.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators