Ag Equipment Operator

Qué va a hacer

Texto original en inglés, tal como se registró en el Departamento de Trabajo.

We are a row-crop farming operation growing rice, corn, and soybeans utilizing flood irrigation. Our equipment consists of late-model John Deere equipment and Duetz power units for the irrigation wells. Our operation includes a new heated and insulated equipment maintenance shop. Employees will perform a variety of agricultural duties including transporting seed, operating tractors and other farm equipment, performing routine equipment maintenance and repairs, performing irrigation-related duties, and assisting with on-farm grain storage and handling. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc, attach/detach implements, be able to handle working in high humidity, clean work areas, inform farm managers of plants or crops progress, load crops and drive trucks to transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities, load and unload materials and commodities, load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields, maintain grounds and landscaping, maintain inventory, mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter, spreader, sprayer type machinery, operate self propelled machinery, participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops, record information about crops, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, set up repair, maintain, and operate specialized equipment, use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools, work in extreme temperatures. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: augers, bins, silos, loading and unloading facilities, GPS guidance systems, grain carts, forklift, irrigation equipment, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, planters, self-propelled machinery, semi trucks, sprayers, tillage equipment, tractor/trailer combinations, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: corn, rice, soybeans. Approximate staggered dates: 2 workers arrive on 1/1/27; 1 worker arrives on 8/1/27. Must speak and understand English.

Requisitos

Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a drug test at no cost to the worker and be subject to the employers drug free and alcohol free workplace policy including testing protocols. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.

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