Agriculture Equipment Operator Operador de Equipos Agrícolas AZ

Duncan Family Farms; Goodyear (AZ); On-site; USD 15,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Duncan Family Farms is seeking Ag. Equipment Operators for seasonal work in Goodyear, Arizona. The role involves operating agricultural machinery and performing manual labor to ensure efficient crop production. Candidates should have at least three months of farming experience and the ability to work in challenging weather conditions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 months of verifiable commercial agricultural employment experience.
• Ability to perform manual and mechanized activities accurately and efficiently.
• Clean driving record with insurable driver's license required.

Responsibilities

• Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities like planting and harvesting.
• Perform manual labor to ensure the production of vegetables and herbs.
• Comply with safety rules and instructions from supervisors.

Skills

Ability to operate machinery

Manual labor

Efficiency

Attention to detail

Education

3 months experience in commercial farming

Tools

Tractors

Forklifts

Job description

Job Title: Ag. Equipment Operators

Category: Non-Exempt ~ Seasonal H2A

Department: Production, Harvest, Post-Harvest, Irrigation, Technical Services

Location: Goodyear, Maricopa

At Duncan Family Farms (DFF), we believe our primary responsibility is to produce clean, healthy, life-giving food. As a leading certified-organic grower, we harvest thousands of acres of produce those ships directly from our farms to processors in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some of our products include Spinach, Spring Mix Lettuce, Kale, Arugula, and Culinary Herbs. Due to our innovative programs, Duncan Family Farms has won numerous awards and is nationally recognized as a ‘showcase' of progressive farming techniques. Recent growth has enabled the expansion of our technological portfolio as well as our technical personnel. Duncan Family Farms is based in Goodyear, Arizona, and has farms across the United States.

Job Description and Requirements

The job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable commercial agricultural employment experience, preferably on a vegetable farm, handling both manual and machine tasks associated with commodity production and harvest activities. Workers must be able to perform manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. This is hard, strenuous labor, under cold, wet conditions in the spring, and extreme heat and humidity in the summer.

Workers will be required to drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops. Workers will be asked to Operate vehicles, mechanized devices, or equipment. The workers will be running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment such as forklifts, tractors, and passenger vehicles. Workers will control machine processes using either mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes. Workers will direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and able to obtain an insurable driver's license will be required to drive passenger company vehicles.

In addition, workers will be required to perform variable tasks such as the load agricultural products for shipment, prepare materials for plant use, load materials or equipment for processing; driver passenger vehicles; record agricultural data, attach equipment extensions or accessories. Work will also include mechanized fieldwork using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators, and other equipment. Workers will be expected to be able to operate agricultural equipment with or without direction. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors.

Unusual, complex, or non-routine activities will be supervised. Field workers will be expected to perform their general duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision. Workers must obey all safety rules and basic instructions and be able to recognize, understand, and comply with safety, pesticide warning/re-entry and other essential postings. Workers will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of herbs and vegetables. Workers will be required to manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables such as: Green/Red Romaine, Green/Red Oak, Green/Red Leaf, Mizuna, Arugula, Green/Red Chard, Tatsoi, Spinach, Kale as well as other types of vegetables, lettuce crops, culinary herbs, microgreens, and other field crops. Worker will be required to use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. Employees may be required to assist with farm building and field maintenance, repair fences, and/or repair or cover hoop houses. Workers must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or another durable footwear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.

Sanitation Requirements: For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to always follow common sanitary practices. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. The employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able to but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product. During certain duties, workers may be required to work in teams to accomplish a certain task. When engaged in teamwork activities workers must coordinate with other members of the team to accomplish the task.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work 8.5 hours per day Monday- Saturday every day that work is available for the full period of employment shown in Item 9, even though work may be slack for brief periods at any point during the season. The worker agrees to be available for work and performs the assigned work for the employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment. Work available is defined as, no work required on the worker Sabbath or federal holidays, but work is required 8.5 hours per day Monday- Saturday. The first day of the week will begin on Sunday evening, which is considered Monday harvest.

Minimum Qualifications

• 3 months experience commercial farming required.

• Experience working with the following crops:

• Green/Red Romaine
• Green/Red Oak
• Green/Red Leaf
• Mizuna
• Arugula
• Green/Red Chard
• Tatsoi
• Spinach
• Kale
• Culinary Herbs
• Microgreens

Physical Demands/Work Environment

Workers will be required to harvest crops by hand and work in the fields for long periods of time. Workers will work in packing areas used for packing vegetables. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing, and loading of products. Workers will assist in loading/ unloading trucks with products weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet for long periods of time. Workers must be able to work on their feet in bent positions and must be able to bend and stoop for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work required in fields when plants are wet with dew and rain, and may be required during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields may range from 10 to 105 F. Workers will be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodation. To be qualified for this position, a worker must be willing to perform the considerable manual labor

### **Título del Puesto** : Operadores de Equipos Agrícolas**Categoría** : No Exento ~ Temporal H2A**Departamento** : Producción, Cosecha, Post-Cosecha, Riego, Servicios Técnicos**Ubicación** : Goodyear, MaricopaEn **Duncan Family Farms (DFF)** , creemos que nuestra principal responsabilidad es producir alimentos limpios, saludables y que den vida. Como productor líder certificado en agricultura orgánica, cosechamos miles de acres de productos que se envían directamente desde nuestras granjas a procesadores en Estados Unidos, Canadá y el Reino Unido. Algunos de nuestros productos incluyen espinaca, mezcla de lechugas, kale, arúgula y hierbas culinarias. Gracias a nuestros programas innovadores, Duncan Family Farms ha recibido numerosos premios y es reconocida a nivel nacional como un ejemplo de técnicas agrícolas progresistas. Nuestro crecimiento reciente ha permitido expandir nuestra cartera tecnológica, así como nuestro personal técnico. Duncan Family Farms tiene su sede en Goodyear, Arizona, y cuenta con granjas en todo Estados Unidos.### **Descripción del Puesto y Requisitos**Este puesto requiere un **mínimo de 3 meses de experiencia agrícola comercial verifcable** , preferiblemente en una granja de vegetales, realizando tareas manuales y mecanizadas relacionadas con la producción y cosecha de productos agrícolas. Los trabajadores deben poder realizar actividades manuales y mecanizadas con precisión y eficiencia. Este trabajo es físicamente exigente, bajo condiciones frías y húmedas en primavera, y calor extremo y humedad en verano.Los trabajadores deberán conducir y operar equipos para apoyar actividades agrícolas como labranza del suelo, siembra, cultivo y cosecha de cultivos. Se requerirá que los trabajadores manejen vehículos y equipos mecanizados como montacargas, tractores y vehículos de pasajeros. También deberán controlar procesos mecánicos mediante mecanismos o actividad física directa. Los trabajadores dirigirán y supervisarán las actividades de cuadrillas involucradas en la siembra, deshierbe o cosecha. Aquellos con historial limpio de manejo (sin infracciones graves como conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol o manejo temerario) y que puedan obtener una licencia de conducir asegurable, deberán conducir vehículos de pasajeros de la empresa.Además, los trabajadores deberán realizar tareas diversas como cargar productos agrícolas para su envío, preparar materiales para uso en plantas, cargar equipos para su procesamiento, conducir vehículos de pasajeros, registrar datos agrícolas, y conectar extensiones o accesorios a los equipos. También se requiere trabajo mecanizado en el campo utilizando equipos motorizados como tractores, sembradoras, pulverizadores, cultivadoras y otros. Se espera que los trabajadores puedan operar equipos agrícolas **con o sin supervisión directa**. Deben comprender y seguir instrucciones, y comunicarse eficazmente con sus supervisores.Las actividades inusuales, complejas o no rutinarias serán supervisadas. Se espera que los trabajadores de campo realicen sus tareas generales **de manera oportuna y competente sin supervisión cercana**. Deben obedecer todas las normas de seguridad, comprender señales de advertencia, restricciones de reingreso por pesticidas y otras publicaciones esenciales. Realizarán una variedad de tareas relacionadas con la producción de hierbas y vegetales, incluyendo la siembra, cultivo y cosecha manual de productos como:* Lechuga romana (verde/roja)* Lechuga oak (verde/roja)* Lechuga de hoja (verde/roja)* Mizuna* Arúgula* Acelga (verde/roja)* Tatsoi* Espinaca* Kale* Hierbas culinarias* Microvegetales* Otros cultivos de campoSe utilizarán herramientas manuales como palas, cucharillas, azadones, apisonadores, ganchos de poda, tijeras y cuchillos. Las tareas pueden incluir labrar la tierra, aplicar fertilizantes, trasplantar, deshierbar, aclarar o podar cultivos, aplicar pesticidas, limpiar, clasificar, empacar y cargar productos cosechados. También puede pedirse a los empleados que ayuden con el mantenimiento de edificios agrícolas, reparación de cercas y/o instalación o reparación de invernaderos. Los trabajadores deben usar el equipo de protección personal asignado cuando se requiera. Deben presentarse diariamente al trabajo con ropa adecuada y botas o calzado resistente. Quienes usen ropa inapropiada no podrán comenzar sus labores.### **Requisitos de Higiene**Por razones de seguridad alimentaria y personal, todos los trabajadores deberán seguir prácticas sanitarias comunes en todo momento. Esto es especialmente importante durante la cosecha manual de cultivos destinados al consumo humano. Se requiere lavarse bien las manos con agua y jabón después de usar el baño y antes de entrar a los campos o al área de empaque.El empleador se reserva el derecho de despedir a cualquier trabajador evidentemente no calificado, que simule enfermedad, o que esté físicamente apto pero no muestre disposición para realizar el trabajo necesario. En ciertas tareas, los trabajadores deberán colaborar en equipo. Durante estas actividades, se espera que coordinen eficazmente con sus compañeros.### **Compromiso Durante Toda la Temporada**El puesto requiere que el trabajador esté disponible para trabajar **8.5 horas por día, de lunes a sábado** , durante todo el período de empleo indicado, incluso si el trabajo disminuye en ciertos momentos de la temporada. El trabajador acepta estar disponible y realizar el trabajo asignado mientras haya trabajo disponible. No se requiere trabajar en el día de descanso religioso ni feriados federales. La semana laboral comienza el **domingo por la noche** , que se considera el inicio de la cosecha del lunes.### **Calificaciones Mínimas*** **3 meses de experiencia en agricultura comercial.*** Experiencia con los siguientes cultivos:* Lechuga romana (verde/roja)* Lechuga oak (verde/roja)* Lechuga de hoja (verde/roja)* Mizuna* Arúgula* Acelga (verde/roja)* Tatsoi* Espinaca* Kale* Hierbas culinarias* Microvegetales### **Demandas Físicas / Ambiente de Trabajo*** Los trabajadores deberán cosechar cultivos manualmente y trabajar en el campo durante períodos prolongados.* Trabajarán en áreas de empaque de vegetales.* Se requiere empacar, pesar y cargar productos.* Ayudarán en la carga/descarga de camiones con productos de hasta **60 libras (27 kg)** , levantados hasta **5 pies (1.5 m)**.* Trabajarán de pie, agachados o inclinados por períodos prolongados.* El trabajo requiere movimientos repetitivos y caminar extensamente.* Alergias a ambrosía, abejorros, insecticidas, herbicidas, fungicidas u otros químicos pueden afectar la capacidad de realizar este trabajo.* Se trabajará en el campo con plantas mojadas por rocío o lluvia, y durante lluvia ligera, nieve, vientos moderados, sol directo, alta humedad o temperaturas extremas.* Las temperaturas pueden variar entre **-12°C (10°F)** y **40°C (105°F)**.* Se requerirá trabajar durante lluvias ocasionales, siempre que no sean lo suficientemente intensas como para detener las operaciones.* Los trabajadores deben estar físicamente capacitados para realizar las labores requeridas, **con o sin ajustes razonables**.