Agricultural Equipment Operators

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AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES. WE DO NOT SPONSOR VISAS OR

CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES OUTSIDE THE U.S.

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Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to

till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate,

fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or

storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate

includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements,

sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, and pickup trucks.

Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven

on the farm and to storage facilities. irrigation duties include

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 maintaining irrigation

ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots,

draining excess water from fields, and monitoring fields to check on and

maintain adequate water supply to crops; building, constructing and

maintaining levees, installing and removing levy gates and putting in

spillways. Manual duties include loading seed into planters; properly

mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine

cutting heads; using hand tools in fields; performing general

maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points,

buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are

organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair,

clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery

and agricultural equipment; and regularly servicing equipment. There are

few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or

locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties

may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer

reserves the right to increase workers\' pay or provide bonuses based on

tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the

discretion of the employer.