- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- 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. Maintain 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. 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.
Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Tow harvesting equipment. 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. Plant, spray, weed, fertilize, water, and prune
plants, shrubs, and trees, using gardening tools. Transport packages to customers' vehicles.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators