Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer: Wieting Farms Inc
Location: Hitchcock, SD
Workers needed: 5
Pay: $17.92/hour
Season: Jan 20, 2027 – Nov 20, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Seasonal employees will assist with corn and bean crop production by carrying out the full cycle of field and equipment operations needed to support the season, with SOC 45-2091 covering 60% of the work performed. They will prepare fields for planting and attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, seed drills, and harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools before operating tractors, planters, sprayers, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery throughout the growing season. Work will include planting, cultivating, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, irrigating, and harvesting corn and beans, along with applying fertilizer and pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weeds, and diseases. Employees will irrigate soil using portable pipes or ditch systems and maintain ditches, pipes, pumps, and pivot irrigation systems as needed to keep water moving through the crop fields. They will also load and unload crops and materials manually or with conveyors, forklifts, augers, suction gates, hand trucks, shovels, or pitchforks, load hoppers, guide products on conveyors, remove damaged or diseased products, adjust, activate, and monitor equipment controls to ensure proper operation and detect malfunctions, and record required agricultural and production data. In addition, SOC 53-3032 covers 10% of the work performed, during which employees will haul crops, supplies, livestock, and materials using trucks and tractor-trailer combinations exceeding three tons, plan and adjust delivery routes, inspect, load, secure, couple, and uncouple trailers and cargo, perform vehicle inspections, basic maintenance, and emergency roadside repairs, follow safety procedures for transporting special or regulated cargo, and record required operational data. SOC 49-3041 covers 30% of the work performed, with employees completing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment, vehicles, irrigation systems, plumbing, and sprinkler systems; inspecting, diagnosing, disassembling, fabricating, repairing, testing, lubricating, and reassembling mechanical and electrical equipment and components using hand tools, machine tools, and welding equipment; transporting tools and machinery to and from repair sites; and maintaining accurate repair and maintenance records. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g. adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: 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.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures and a 75 lb lifting requirement. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.
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