Job Information
Idaho Department of Labor Agricultural Equipment Operator in Emmett, Idaho
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2136663 Dates of Need: 2/15/2024-12/14/2024. This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural equipment operation experience.
The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.
Worker may:
Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting
crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste.
May perform tasks such as crop baling or hay bucking.
May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.
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.
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Adjust, repair, and service irrigation pivots and notify supervisors when pivot machinery malfunctions
Push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system
Turn on/off pivots
Learn and master operating a pivot
If a pivot is stuck, get it unstuck and in operating condition
Roll up/unroll pivot hoses
Unplug plugged up nozzles
Unplug plugged up hoses
Replace broken nozzles and hoses
Maintain operation of a pivot at optimum level
All other duties assigned.
Adjust, repair, and service 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.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
Workers job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm), as well as night shifts due to crop demands. Work hours may vary were
there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year.
The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when
needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed
A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job
order, or on the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required.
Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. Workers must be able to work
varying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers are notified of any change n the start times. Work may be performed during rain, light snow,
cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with
dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions.
Workers must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the job duties throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace
and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.