Agricultural Equipment Operators

This job was posted by : For moreinformation, please see: requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment toplant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transportcrops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may berequired to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors withvarious implements, equipment that utilizes GPS and auto-guidancesystems, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, and track-hoes. Jobrequires 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 maintainingirrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintainingpivots, draining excess water from fields, and monitoring fields tocheck on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; loading seed intoplanters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers;changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools toremove\undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields;performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storagesheds, pivot points, buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuringoperational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand toolsand equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery andspecialized machinery and agricultural equipment; and regularlyservicing equipment. There are few typical days and workers may berequired to change duties and/or locations often and engage in variousgeneral functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, andfield conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers\'pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factorsthat are solely based on the discretion of the employer.