Field Irrigation & Farm Equipment Operator

Foothill Packing Inc; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Foothill Packing Inc in Yuma, Arizona is looking for irrigators and agricultural equipment operators. Responsibilities include performing irrigation work, operating tractors, and maintaining farm equipment.

The ideal candidates should pass tractor safety training and demonstrate capability in tractor operation and maintenance, as well as working efficiently in various physical conditions.

Qualifications

• Must pass tractor safety training.
• Knowledge of tractor mechanics is beneficial.
• Ability to follow instructions and use safety equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform irrigation work and maintenance in vegetable fields.
• Drive and operate various farm equipment for field preparation.
• Conduct daily maintenance checks prior to operating equipment.

Skills

Tractor operation

Basic irrigation knowledge

Ability to lift 60 lbs

Field maintenance

Tools

GPS operating system

Tractor

Sprinkler system

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more

information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7501039

Irrigators: Under the supervision of the Supervisor/Foreperson, performs

general irrigation work of vegetable fields via drip/sprinkler

irrigation; drip irrigation installation, repair and maintenance; and

sprinkler installation, repair and maintenance. Workers will be

responsible for starting and stopping surface and subsurface irrigation

with syphon tubes as well as monitoring the elevation in head water by

opening and closing irrigation gates. Workers will also need to assist

in starting and stopping pumps for surface and subsurface drip irrigated

fields. Performs maintenance in and around vegetable fields such as bird

control, weeding with a long handle hoe around irrigation valves,

borders and trash removal. Tractor driving activities for purpose

sprinkler irrigation pipe. Reports break downs and understands and

abides by our safety procedures and performance standards. Can fill out

maintenance and progression sheet Required basic knowledge of driving a

tractor, must pass a tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to

operate tractor in a safe manner.

Agricultural Equipment Operators/Forklift Operator: workers will drive

and operate various farm equipment to perform farm field preparation

such as planting, cultivating, fertilizing, farming, and maintaining

farms. Will attach and adjust farm implements to tractors such as discs,

plows, lasers, rippers, cultivators, listers and planters and will

ensure equipment is operating properly at optimum performances. Workers

must conduct daily maintenance check prior to operate the tractor,

monitor, and drive tractors safely and efficiently over difficult

terrain and must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make

simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be

required to understand and operate the GPS operating system. Required to

have knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass tractor safety training

and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner

Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated

with and directly related to the primary duties such as cleaning up

field before during and after harvest, picking up trash. In addition,

workers will be required to perform all operations related to sprinkler

pipe irrigation, maintenance, and storage. This encompasses unstacking

irrigation pipes from their seasonal storage yards and restacking them

onto portable trailers and installing them into fields. Workers will

also be required to remove sprinklers from these same fields and stack

them in portable trailers.

In the event that an employee is injured while on the job, the Company

will provide a temporary work assignment that will be as closely related

to the job duties described herein, while the employee recovers from a

work-related illness which meets with physicians clearance to return to

work under specific limitations. The work assignment will not be a

permanent position, it will be temporary to accommodate the injured

worker under doctors restrictions and time period that may differ from

the heavy field work described within.

All of the above work requires an able bodied person to lift up to 60

lbs., odd shapes, pull, push, walk on uneven ground all day, good

eyesight for plant identification and ability to see what to harvest and

where to make cuts, good personal hygiene, clothes and shoes appropriate

for working in heat/ cold/ outdoors, ability to take instructions and

follow them, use safety equipment correctly. If machine operator, driver

must safely and carefully operate equipment that they are

authorized/trained on in a safe manner.