Ag Equipment Operator

Crops/Commodities: soybeans, corn, wheat, sugar beets. Drive Case-IH tractors and operate other mechanized farm equipment to plant, cultivate, and harvest grain, sugarbeets, soybeans and corn. Perform manual and mechanized tasks including but not limited to: tilling fields, planting and seeding, spraying, and harvesting. Mowing road ditches, maintaining farm sites and grain storage facilities. Hauling harvested crops from the field to storage bins or to grain elevators. Trucks are diesel and have 9 or 10 speed transmissions. Keep equipment clean and orderly as well as the shop area and farmyard. Mow, cut, and weed fields. Prepare and/or clear land for planting using mechanized or hand equipment to remove trash, rocks, or other debris or material that may interfere with planting or harvesting activities. Level land by moving dirt and other materials. Equipment may include tractors, dozers, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chainsaws, bobcats, skid loaders, high lifts, and trucks or other vehicles. As a minor task, workers may be required to manually rogue fields. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Adjust speeds of cutters, blowers, and conveyors and height of cutting head. Clean, adjust, repair, and perform routine service on equipment (e.g., lubricating grease points, inspecting and maintaining fluid levels, checking belt and conveyor tensions, and maintaining tires, wheels, bearings, belts, and other wear par