Agricultural Equipment Operator - Crop Production
Employer: Shady Brook Angus Farm
Location: Leoma, TN
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $13.15/hour
Season: Jan 3, 2027 – Nov 3, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Job requires the operation of tractors and various farm equipment to plant, fertilize, spray, cultivate, irrigate, harvest, bale, and transport crops and hay to storage facilities or elevators. Equipment operated may include, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, GPS and auto-guidance systems, sprayers, combines, silage harvesting equipment, balers, mowers, skid steers, front-end loaders, backhoes, track hoes, chainsaws, ATVs/UTVs, and farm vehicles and equipment to transport agricultural products, equipment, and supplies. Duties include loading seed, fertilizer, and agricultural chemicals; changing equipment attachments; walking fields to monitor crops, irrigation, weeds, insects, and disease; hand-pulling weeds and removing debris; lifting, carrying, stacking, loading, and securing agricultural materials; cleaning grain bins, barns, and storage facilities; shoveling grain, seed, dirt, and gravel; clearing brush and maintaining farm roads, culverts, and drainage ditches; digging holes and trenches; performing welding and general maintenance and repair of farm buildings, storage facilities, irrigation systems, plumbing associated with agricultural facilities and irrigation systems, farm equipment, and incidental concrete work necessary to maintain agricultural facilities and infrastructure necessary to crop production; using hand tools customary to agricultural operations; servicing and maintaining farm vehicles and equipment; and maintaining clean and organized work areas. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient kitchen and cooking facilities to prepare meals. The workers will be allowed time to drive themselves or will be transported to a store or market to purchase their own food and cooking supplies. Employer provided housing contains a refrigerator, stove, oven, and operational sink with hot and cold water under pressure. In the event that the workers are unable to prepare meals at the housing location, the employer will provide three sufficient meals a day free of charge.
Transport: After worker has completed 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of employment. Employee transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or own vehicle; whichever is most economical. The employer will properly reimburse employees for such travel as defined in 20 CFR 655.122(h). Continued in Addendum C.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy skills are required. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions and extensive pushing, pulling, sitting, walking, stooping, bending, or repetitive movements. Random drug testing and criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers. Positive drug test results or refusal to comply with testing may result in termination of employment. If the employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that the employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers, the employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to OFLC and DHS in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(n).
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