Ag Equipment Operator

H2ajobs; Claflin (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Weekly shopping transport

Job summary

H2ajobs in Kansas seeks farm laborers to support a large dry land farming operation. Duties include applying fertilizers and chemicals, operating agricultural equipment, and transporting products between fields and storage areas.

Applicants must be able to lift up to 75 lbs, speak English, and have at least two months of verifiable experience. A random drug test may be required after hire. Housing and meals are provided on-site.

Qualifications

• Two months of recent verifiable experience required for the listed duties.
• Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs.
• Must speak and understand English.
• Be prepared for a random drug test after hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform duties such as applying fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc.
• Attach/detach implements and operate self-propelled machinery.
• Load, unload, and transport materials to fields or storage locations.
• Tend to livestock by feeding, medicating, and general care.
• Maintain grounds, inventory, and clean work areas.

Skills

English proficiency

Stamina

Tools

Air seeders

Augers

Balers

Combines

GPS guidance systems

Grain carts

Irrigation equipment

Mowers

Planters

Tractors

Swathers

Tillage equipment

Job description

We are 5000 acre dry land farm and we run and 800 cow/calf operation that we calve out in early spring. We primarily grow wheat, soybeans, milo, alfalfa and corn. We do have some irrigation. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc; attach/detach implements; be able to handle working in high humidity; clean work areas; guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines; haul and spread materials such as

but not limited to fertilizer to condition the soil; load crops and drive trucks to transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities; load and unload materials and commodities; load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields; maintain grounds and landscaping; maintain inventory; mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter, spreader, sprayer type machinery; operate self propelled machinery; repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; set up repair, maintain, and operate specialized equipment; tend to livestock by feeding, medicating, general care, grading, sorting, working, placing identification on, or relocating; use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives; use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools; work in extreme temperatures. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: air seeders, augers, bailers and other hay equipment, combines or other harvesting equipment, dirt moving equipment, GPS guidance systems, grain carts, irrigation equipment, manure spreading equipment, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, planters, semi trucks, skid steers, straight frame trucks, swathers, bailers, and other hay equipment, tillage equipment, tractor/trailer combinations, tractors, sorting and handling cattle. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: cattle, corn, grain sorghum, hay, soybeans, wheat. Must speak and understand English.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities.

Transport: See Addendum C

Experience wanted: 2 months

Two (2) months of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 75 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.