H-2A · Agriculture

Agricultural Equipment Operator

Agricultural Equipment Operators

DBA Tyler Forestry and Farm Services

Buena Vista, GA — United States

Job duties

Official text in English.

We need a sseasonal employee to assist with our crop production Employee will need to assist with all job duties assigned related to growing these crops. The seasonal agricultural worker will perform duties primarily related to the production of corn, wheat, soybeans, and peanuts, with limited duties involving horses. Crop production duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, planters, and harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; and operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other agricultural machinery. Duties will include planting, cultivating, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting crops; applying fertilizer and pesticide solutions using hand sprayers to control insects, fungus, weeds, and plant diseases; and irrigating crops using portable pipe or ditch irrigation systems. The worker will maintain irrigation ditches, pipes, pumps, and related equipment; observe and listen to machinery during operation to identify malfunctions; inspect, adjust, and perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on farm machinery and equipment; and perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on irrigation systems and related components. Limited horse-related duties may include feeding, watering, checking horses for general health or injury, and maintaining clean and safe areas for the horses. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion

Requirements

Three months of previous farm experience is required. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive sitting and walking, and frequent stooping and bending. Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. No driver's license is required. Require 3 months experience.

Housing

Family housing not available. Housing will be clean & meet applicable Fed, State &local housing standards. Workers must maintain neat & clean housing. Housing/utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to place of residence the same day. If both male & female workers are hired: separate toilet, bathing and sleeping rooms will be provided.

Transportation

The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will 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 distances involved.

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