Agricultural Equipment Operators
Employer: Black Gold Farms Inc
Location: Rhodesdale, MD
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $20.00/hour
Season: Jan 10, 2027 – Sep 1, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
•Adjust, repair, maintain, service, set up and disassemble potato production equipment. This includes harvesters, planters, sprayers, seed cutters, pilers, sprayers, trailers, loaders, excavators,
irrigation injection pumps, pivots, conveyors, potato washline equipment, tillage, pickups, field trucks and other farm equipment.
•Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
•Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, planters, harvesters, conveyers, and irrigation
equipment.
•Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
•Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, planters, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
•Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
•Operate farm equipment to troubleshoot issues and ensure that it is ready for use.
•Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
•Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis
of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
•Operate farming equipment.
•Perform safety checks on farm equipment.
•Record parts information and inventory of parts used.
•Record maintenance being conducted.
•Operate a farm service pickup to bring parts to equipment or drive to equipment being tested in the field.
•Full time supervision is provided and all tools are provided at no cost. Workers must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time
and work in extreme temperatures. Lifting objects up to 50 lbs., bending, twisting, and stooping regularly will be required.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities as a part of their housing unit so that workers may prepare their own meals. Cooking and eating utensils and food containers will be provided. The employer will also provide, on a weekly basis, transportation to assure workers have access to stores to purchase groceries and personal necessities. Meal deductions may and will only be made if provided kitchen facilities become unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances (SWA will be notified).
Transport: See addendum C
Experience wanted: 3 months
3 months experience operating agriculture equipment within the past 2 years. Employees must hold a drivers license (such as standard Class C) that allows them to operate a vehicle in the United States. A Motor Vehicle Report will be conducted on employees paid by the employer.
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