- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 3
- Job Duties:
- Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, 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 towed farm implements. 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 or transfer augers. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Drive trucks to haul crops to elevator or storage areas, and to haul supplies, tools, or farm workers. Drive and operate farm machinery to till soil, plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Operate tractors and farm equipment to till soil, work ground, prepare and maintain land. Perform general maintenance of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, and all farm equipment. Farming with: Corn, Soy Beans, Alfalfa, Hay
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators