Agricultural Equipment Operators

H2ajobs; Parkin (AR); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Weekly transportation to town

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers to operate, drive, and maintain farm machinery including tractors and harvesting gear to plant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, and store rice and grain crops. You will attach implements to tractors, transport crops between fields and bins, and help manage grain bin facilities.

Responsibilities include routine equipment inspections, minor repairs, and ensuring safety during operations in outdoor conditions.

Qualifications

• Experience with agricultural equipment is preferred for safety reasons.
• Knowledge of handling and operating field machinery is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Operate, drive, and maintain farm machinery, tractors, and harvesting equipment to plant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, and store crops.
• Attach farm implements to tractors and transport crops across fields and storage facilities.
• Inspect and maintain bin facilities, perform routine equipment inspections, and perform minor repairs.

Skills

Farm machinery operation

Tractor driving

Equipment maintenance

Safety awareness

Job description

Workers will operate, drive, and maintain farm machinery, tractors and harvesting equipment to plant, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, and store rice and grain crops. Workers will attach farm implements (including plows, discs, sprayers, and drills) to tractors to till soil and plant crops. Field and farm vehicles will be driven to transport crops across fields, rice bins, and elevators.

Workers will manage grain bin facilities, which includes leveling rice bins, loading and unloading transport trucks, and performing pre-harvest maintenance. Bin inspections require checking both interiors and exteriors to ensure doors seal properly with no visible gaps. Workers will clean trucks, pits, and rice carts using brooms, blowers, shovels, and vacuums. Duties also include setting up, operating, and maintaining agricultural irrigation equipment.

Workers must perform routine equipment inspections and minor mechanical repairs. This includes checking for track divots, cracked belts, abnormal engine sounds, and clearing debris or birds' nests. Structural safety checks are required, including inspecting ladder rungs for damage, tightening loose bolts, and clearing all obstructions from climbing pathways.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide housing with a free, convenient, and fully equipped kitchen facilities with refrigerator, stove, pots, pans, utensils and counter space for cooking, that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities will include dishwashing facilities with adequate sinks that have hot and cold water under pressure that are in working conditions to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will also provide free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city to buy food, banking services, and other necessaries. Transportation will be in an approved bus/van/car/truck at no cost to workers.

Transport: Inbound: Employer will provide and pay for lodging in consulate city, a charter bus/van/car/truck/public transportation or plane (travel insurance may be required), to the place of employment from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer.

Experience wanted: 0 months

Must be 18 years old or older per liability insurance requirements. It is recommended that you have experience with Agricultural Equipment and knowledge of Agricultural Field work due to safety reasons related to possible equipment injury, heat stroke possibility, and food safety. A valid drivers' license is required if driving a farm vehicle. Employer may conduct background check on all new applicants for employment at employers expense. All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Workers should come prepared wearing appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described. Cell phone can only be used during breaks, emergencies, and communicated with supervisor when needed. Will work outdoors in extreme temperatures. Job involves extreme and repetitive movements such as: walking, sitting, stooping, pushing, and pulling. Lifting/Carrying requirement may have a range of 75 -100 lbs.