Agricultural Equipment Operators

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Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to

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, equipment that

utilizes GPS and auto-guidance systems, sprayers,\

combines, back-hoes, mowers, and track-hoes. Non-CDL farm trucks will be

loaded with agricultural products and\

driven on the farm and to storage facilities. Job requires participating

in irrigation activities including setting up and\

operating irrigation equipment such as drag lines, 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; loading seed into planters; properly

mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into\

sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand

tools to remove undesirable plant varieties,\

trash, and other objects from 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.