- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 1
- 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. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm
workers. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators