26-753 Agriculture Machine Operator

Work Tasks to be performed

• Operate agricultural equipment used in the production of carrots, onions, beets, shallots, and other row crops on farm-owned or controlled worksites.
  • Operate tractors, farm trucks, and implement such as planters, cultivators, tillage equipment, sprayers, harvest-support equipment, loaders, and related machinery used in field preparation, planting, cultivation, and harvest activities.
  • Perform field operations requiring precision alignment, spacing, depth control, and safe maneuvering of equipment in active agricultural worksites.
  • Duties may include disking, ripping, listing, bed shaping, planting, cultivating, spraying, harvesting support, and other mechanized crop production tasks.
• Drive farm trucks, including straight-frame trucks, as incidental to agricultural operations to transport harvested commodities, seed, fertilizer, equipment, and supplies between fields, storage areas, packing facilities, and other farm locations associated with the employer's operations.
• Load and unload agricultural materials and position trucks for field loading and unloading activities.
• Inspect, service, and maintain equipment daily. Perform pre-operation and post-operation checks, monitor machinery performance, check fluids, lubricate components, clean equipment, inflate tires, replace minor parts, and perform basic mechanical adjustments or minor in-field repairs.
• Assist with general agricultural support duties when needed, including irrigation setup, rock removal, hand loading/unloading of materials, field sanitation, and maintaining clean and orderly work areas.