Agricultural Equipment Operators

apartmentWalther Farms placeMaricopa calendar_month 
This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more

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Crops/Commodities: potatoes.

Driving tractors and planters, will plant, cultivate, and harvest

potatoes. Workers will drive and operate one or more GPS equipped farm

machines, such as tractors, Bottom Switch plows, Grimme planters, Windrowers, line equipment with holding tanks, dry brushers, grading
tables, harvesters, pumps, tilling equipment, holding tanks, case-loaders, pivots, pilers, windrowers, Dammer Dykes (cultivators) and
other mechanized, electrically powered or motor-driven equipment, on
farms or in farm equipment repair shops. Workers will operate the farm
machinery, equipment and vehicles. Workers will be instructed in the

safety and operation of the equipment before driving the equipment.

Workers will be expected to be able to operate equipment, with or

without direction, in a manner that protects the operator, visitors, other employees, crops, trees, facilities and equipment. Failure to
comply with operating and safety standards may result in termination.
This is a very demanding and competitive business in which quality
specifications must be rigorously adhered to. The equipment workers will
be operating and maintaining is expensive and dangerous. Workers are
expected to follow the employer/'s requests to not only prevent damage
to the equipment, but to also prevent injuries to workers. Any equipment
damaged by a worker/'s failure to follow instructions or damaged due to

malice will be charged to the worker.

Workers may hitch soil conditioning implements, such as plow or harrow
to tractor, and operate tractor and towed implement to furrow and grade
soil. Workers will drive tractors and operate designated towed machines, such as drill or manure spreader, to plant, fertilize and dust crops.
Prepares harvesting machine by adjusting speeds of cutters, blowers and
conveyors and height of cutting head or depth of digging blades

according to type, height, weight and condition of crop being harvested, and contour of terrain. Attaches towed or mounted-type harvesting

machine to tractor using hand tools or drives self-propelled harvesting

machine to cut, pull up, dig, thresh, clean, chop, bag or bundle crops.

Workers will perform irrigation activities, including setting up, moving

and maintaining irrigation pipes and equipment.

Adjusts and lubricates machines and equipment to ensure efficient

operation. Workers will be required to prepare farm land for planting.

This includes removing trash, trees, stumps, rocks and any other debris

or material that will interfere with planting and harvesting crops.

Workers will be required to dig ditches for the installation of pipe and
to prevent erosion. Workers may be required to pile the debris up for
burning. Workers may be required to operate rakes for root and limb

removal. Workers may operate dozers, tractors, front end loaders, bobcats and various other pieces of land clearing equipment. Workers may

be required to level land by moving dirt from one location to another

using equipment.

Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as
but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and
possessing or able to obtain an insurable driver/'s license may drive
company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses may transport other
workers to and from employer-provided housing directly to worksites each
day and may transport workers around farms during the workday, may
transport crops, supplies, tools and/or equipment/supplies between
employer/'s farm locations, on private or public roads. Workers do not
deliver to customers. Workers may drive multi-purpose vehicles that have
a capacity of less than 13 tons, require a standard driver/'s license to
operate, and may be used on or off farm by the workers (e.g., drive to

the grocery store, bank, etc. at their discretion).

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