Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Crops

Corn, Soybeans, and Winter Wheat.

Responsibilities

• Tractor operation
• Semi-truck/combination truck-trailer operation
• Grain bin maintenance
• Mechanic work
• Shop work
• Agricultural Equipment Operation: Operate trucks, tractors, forklift, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery for land preparation, maintenance and cultivation, including to plow, harrow and fertilize soil and plants, and to plant, cultivate, and spray.
• Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
• Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, and harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
• Load hoppers, containers, and conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, shovels, and pitchforks.
• Operate grading and digging equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance and troubleshooting repair on equipment.
• Inspect, observe, and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
• Stay a safe distance away and do not touch any moving part of a machine.
• Never try to un-jam clothes, ice, or cardboard while machines are running.
• Do not stand between a moving tractor and implement.
• Never stand on the hitch.
• Always place chocks at the back of tires on a trailer.
• Never remove a safety guard.
• If a guard is damaged or missing, report it and do not operate the machine.
• Notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions or is not safe.
• Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment by adjusting, repairing, and servicing them.
• Mix specified materials and chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, and seeds into planter and sprayer machinery.
• Apply pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand and mechanical sprayers.
• Perform grain bin maintenance.

Requirements

• Clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but no limited to Driving while intoxicated or reckless driving).
• Able to obtain an insurable drivers license.

Qualifications

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Tractor operation
• Semi-truck/combination truck-trailer operation
• Grain bin maintenance
• Mechanic work
• Shop work
• Agricultural Equipment Operation
• Preventive maintenance and troubleshooting repair on equipment
• Inspecting and maintaining machinery
• Mixing and applying chemicals
• Grain bin maintenance

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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