Agricultural Equipment Operators

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Dates of Need: 4/15/2025-11/30/2025. This application encompasses:

irrigation, general farm labor, and growing and harvesting row crops

such as hay, corn and triticale and hops.\

This job requires a minimum of three (3) months of general farm labor

experience. The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.\

General Farm Work will include the following duties:\

1.Maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements, tractors,

equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest crops.\

2.Make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery.\

3.May mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive

use laws, when/if applicable).\

4.Remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds.\

5.Remove rocks from fields, edges fields, concrete ditches, etc.\

6.Paint, maintain, repair farm structures.\

7.Maintain and repair fencing.\

8.Perform general clean-up of farm areas.\

9.Drive, unload/load non CDL, farm exempt heavy trucks to haul employers

crops, fertilizer, compost and other crop inputs to and from employer

worksites.\

10.Husk, shell, de-tassel corn.\

11.Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATVs), John Deere Gators,

while performing job duties.

The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to

the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to

customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or

different hours than those listed. A worker may be offered more than the

specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to

work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on

the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required.

Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time

of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. There may be

periods when little or no work will be available due to weather, time of

year, and the requirements of the cropping or growing season. Workers

must be able to work varying shifts as required by the season and work

performed. Workers are notified of any change in the start times. Work

may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures

and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker

may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and

should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Workers

job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00pm

to 8:00pm). Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours

are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather,

crop conditions, and time of year.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker

be available for work every day that work is available for the full

period of employment. The worker agrees\

to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned

employer whenever work is available through the full period of

employment.\

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers

with job specification and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and

other crop specific issues such as particular\

grading, sizing or equipment operation.