Job Duties:

We need seasonal employees to assist with our wheat, sorghum, and cotton crop production season. Employees will perform a variety of duties associated with the planting, cultivation, irrigation, maintenance, and harvesting of these crops. Duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, and harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery; and performing planting, weeding, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting activities. Employees will fertilize and spray crops, including applying fertilizer and pesticide solutions to control insects, weeds, fungus, and disease. Workers will install, maintain, and repair pivot irrigation systems and perform routine maintenance and repairs on irrigation equipment. Additional duties include loading and unloading crops, seed, fertilizer, and other materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, transfer augers, or hand trucks; loading hoppers, containers, and conveyors to feed products into equipment; manipulating controls to activate and adjust machinery; observing equipment operation to detect malfunctions; inspecting, adjusting, troubleshooting, and repairing farm equipment; and recording agricultural data as required. Employees will perform general farm maintenance and other related duties as assigned to support the seasonal crop production operation. Work is performed outdoors in varying weather conditions and may require lifting and carrying heavy objects, prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and repetitive movements. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.

Special Requirements:

Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive sitting or walking, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license.

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H-300-26177-054762 LA Farms Partnership jobs

Agricultural Equipment Operator

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