Ag Equipment Operator/Livestock Worker

H2ajobs; Canby (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer housing

Meals provided

Transportation provided

Job summary

H2ajobs in California is seeking a versatile farm worker to support crop and livestock operations. You will operate, repair, and service farm machinery, monitor irrigation and fertigation, assist with hay tarp installation, and load/unload trucks. You will also tend livestock, feed and water, and help maintain farm structures outdoors in all weather.

Training and supervision provided on-site. Experience with farming tasks and safe equipment operation is preferred; ability to work independently

Qualifications

• Experience in crop and livestock production preferred.
• Ability to operate and maintain farm machinery safely.
• Willingness to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Operate, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
• Apply fertigation chemicals through irrigation systems.
• Assist with installing, removing, and storing hay tarps.
• Load/unload trucks and equipment.
• Irrigate soil and maintain sprinkler and pivot systems.
• Operate tractors, combines, swathers, rakes or balers and other farming implements.
• Maintain farm structures and grounds; perform basic welding/metal work as needed.
• Observe equipment operation and perform safety checks.
• Winterize harvest and irrigation equipment.
• Tend livestock: feed, water, apply medications as needed, manage pens and facilities.
• Assist with transportation and logistics as part of daily operations.
• Housing and meals provided by employer; transportation support available.

Skills

Farm labor

Equipment operation

Livestock handling

Irrigation systems

Job description

All job duties are directly related to the production of crops and livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks required in equipment operation, farmwork and the production of crops: adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions; apply, monitor, and control fertigation (applying fertilizer through irrigation) chemicals applied through irrigation system; Assist with installing, removing, and storing hay tarps.; dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; evaluate the condition of the crop/weather and adjust harvesting activity based on evaluation; irrigate soil through operation of sprinkler systems which includes but is not limited to adjusting valves to start and/or adjust water flow, using proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment; loading/unloading trucks; Maintain, Service, and repair pivot irrigations systems, screens, mainlines and pumps as needed; maintain/drive/attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, apply chemicals and harvest crops; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; mix specified material or chemicals and dump solutions/powders into irrigation system or sprayer machinery; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; operate and tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, self-propelled combines, swathers, rakes or balers; operate maintain and repair all components of a sprinkler; operate multiple types of pumps; operate, maintain and repair all components of a pivot; perform some maintenance and adjustments to implements/tractors/equipment; perform welding and metal work when maintenance requires it; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; remove pipe from fields and place in storage; remove pipe from storage; shovel and pack dirt in low spots or cut trenches to direct water flow; use proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment; work to winterize harvest and irrigation equipment.

Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; break ice over frozen water sources; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities; conduct year-end inventory of livestock health supplies (e.g., dewormers, vaccines, halters, medical kits); restock mobile trailers and barns to prepare for calving and early spring turnout; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; loading/unloading trucks; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; operate and tend equipment such as pickups, 4-wheelers, tractors, tub grinders and skid steers trailers (livestock, utility and flatbed); spray livestock with insecticide.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient cooking facilities to prepare meals. Transportation to the grocery store will be provided to the workers at no cost no less than once every two weeks.

Transport: Transportation to the place of employment (inbound):The employer will provide or pay for commercial bus or airline service to workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distance involved. Upon completion of 50% of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily

Experience wanted: 6 months

Required to: to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner, to maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the employer, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes and large game animals, biting insects and extreme temperature, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, Workers receive daily supervision and on-site training (1-3 months). No independent operation of farm equipment with out supervisor approval and safety check.