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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Job requires tending to livestock in the forms of feeding, examining, assisting with medication administration and vet visits, tagging, herding, conducting the repair and maintenance of property borders, mixing feed, lifting bags of mineral and hay bales, spraying cattle for flies and other pests, calving cows and bred heifers, occasionally lifting and carrying newborn calves, weaning calves from cows, and operating various equipment including, but not limited to, tractors, front loaders, mowers, and balers for baling hay. Job also requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate, fertilize, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, and ATVs/side by sides. Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven on the farm and to storage facilities. Duties include participating in irrigation activities including laying pipe, walking length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, draining excess water from fields, haul water, and monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; receiving crop for drying and storage at grain storage facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to grain bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; operating augers and grain conveying equipment; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; and shoveling grain. Manual duties will be performed often and include, but are not limited to, loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; using hand tools in fields; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; mowing and landscaping on the farm; and lifting items as needed. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Random criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure a safe housing and work environment for all workers. Job will require periods when stooping or bending is frequent.

Number of Hours Per Week:

50

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 3:20 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

E & E Farms

Location:

Benton, MS 39039

Worksite

Address:

3690 Hwy 432, Benton, MS 39039

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24348-542696

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/2/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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