- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 2
- 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. Till soil;
plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Drive and operate self-propelled combine.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators