Seasonal Farm Equipment Operator & Livestock Care

H2ajobs; Ragley (LA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals and kitchen facilities

Transportation assistance

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a seasonal agricultural worker to prepare fields for planting and operate a range of farm machinery including tractors, sprayers, and harvesters. The role includes planting, weeding, irrigation, and harvest activities across outdoor fields with exposure to extreme temperatures.

Responsibilities include feeding and caring for livestock, loading materials, and performing routine maintenance on equipment.

Qualifications

• Requires three (3) months of previous verifiable experience performing the duties described in this job order.
• Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing and pulling, extensive sitting and walking, frequent stooping and bending, and repetitive movements.
• No driver's license is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare fields for planting and attach farm implements to tractors using bolts and hand tools.
• Operate tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery.
• Perform planting, weeding, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting activities.
• Irrigate soil and maintain irrigation ditches, pipes, and pumps.
• Load and unload crops and agricultural materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, transfer augers, and hand trucks.
• Inspect and perform routine repairs on agricultural equipment, machinery, livestock pens, yards, fences, and farm buildings.

Job description

H2ajobs is seeking a seasonal agricultural worker to prepare fields for planting and operate a range of farm machinery including tractors, sprayers, and harvesters. The role includes planting, weeding, irrigation, and harvest activities across outdoor fields with exposure to extreme temperatures.

Responsibilities include feeding and caring for livestock, loading materials, and performing routine maintenance on equipment.