Agricultural Equipment Operators

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We are an 11,000-grain farm raising corn and soybeans. We need a

seasonal employee who can operate a tractor and combine during planting,

spraying, and harvesting seasons. Time in between these seasons will be

filled with equipment and farm maintenance and clean up. Job duties will

include: prepare fields for planting, attach farm implements such as

plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand

tools, operate tractors, planters, sprayers, operate other farm

equipment, engage in planting, weeding, spraying and/or harvesting

activities, fertilize, dust, and spray crops, load and unload crops or

materials, manually or using conveyors, forklifts, or transfer augers,

load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products,

using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks,

manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on

machinery, mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions,

powders, or seeds into machinery, observe and listen to machinery

operation to detect equipment malfunctions, weigh crop-filled

containers, and record weights and other identifying information, load

crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, record

agricultural data, drive pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies, and

tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on

equipment Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity

and/or experience at employers discretion. Employer may provide

performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employers

discretion.