Agricultural Equipment Operators

Responsibilities

• Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
• Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
• Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
• Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
• Maintain farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
• Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
• Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
• Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
• Fill tanks with water and fertilizer according to formulas and take the tanks to farm sites.
• Operate machines such as agricultural sprayers or fertilizer spreaders to fertilize and spray crops.
• Spread dry fertilizer using GPS enabled agricultural equipment.
• Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.

Requirements

Physical demands: Requires standing, walking, lifting up to 50 pounds, and working in various weather conditions.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent is required. Experience operating farm equipment and machinery is preferred.

Skills

• Farm machinery operation
• Machinery maintenance and repair
• Equipment adjustment and calibration
• Chemical mixing and application
• Tractor and truck driving
• GPS technology use

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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