Ag Equipment Operator/Livestock Worker

Work description

All job duties are directly related to the production of crops and livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks required in equipment operation, farmwork and the production of crops: adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions; apply, monitor, and control fertigation (applying fertilizer through irrigation) chemicals applied through irrigation system; Assist with installing, removing, and storing hay tarps.; dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; evaluate the condition of the crop/weather and adjust harvesting activity based on evaluation; irrigate soil through operation of sprinkler systems which includes but is not limited to adjusting valves to start and/or adjust water flow, using proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment; loading/unloading trucks; Maintain, Service, and repair pivot irrigations systems, screens, mainlines and pumps as needed; maintain/drive/attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, apply chemicals and harvest crops; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; mix specified material or chemicals and dump solutions/powders into irrigation system or sprayer machinery; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; operate and tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, self-propelled combines, swathers, rakes or balers; operate maintain and repair all components of a sprinkler; operate multiple types of pumps; operate, maintain and repair all components of a pivot; perform some maintenance and adjustments to implements/tractors/equipment; perform welding and metal work when maintenance requires it; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; remove pipe from fields and place in storage; remove pipe from storage; shovel and pack dirt in low spots or cut trenches to direct water flow; use proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment; work to winterize harvest and irrigation equipment. Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; break ice over frozen water sources; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities; conduct year-end inventory of livestock health supplies (e.g., dewormers, vaccines, halters, medical kits); restock mobile trailers and barns to prepare for calving and early spring turnout; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; loading/unloading trucks; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; operate and tend equipment such as pickups, 4-wheelers, tractors, tub grinders and skid steers trailers (livestock, utility and flatbed); spray livestock with insecticide.