Agricultural Equipment Opereator - Williamson, NY, US
Job Information
Job Order ID :
NY1487716
# of Positions :
2
Minimum Education Level :
Less than High School
Experience Required :
3 months
Salary :
$17.80 hourly
Duration :
Full Time Temporary
Shift :
First Shift (Day)
Hours per week:
47
Job Description
2 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 04/09/2024- 11/10/2024.
Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Operate trucks or other multi-purpose vehicles to transport workers from housing (weather on or off the farm) to the farm properties; haul tools, supplies, or crops; transport workers from place to place around the farm properties during the workday (including on public roads to reach the farm fields); and/or transport workers to the grocery store, bank, or laundry facilities on an as needed basis Those that are requested to drive will be required to possess an appropriate license, no one will be rejected for this position that does not possess a drivers license.
Summer pruning trees, planting trees, orchard maintenance, climb ladders, pick apples from trees, harvest apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, and potatoes, bin repair, hand thinning, mowing and spraying with tractor.
Requirements:
* Three months experience of the duties mentioned
* Must be able to lift a minimum of 75 pounds
* Exposure to extreme temperatures
* Extensive pushing/pulling/sitting/walking,
* Frequent stooping, and repetitive movements
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov. For qualified applicants requiring a Spanish translation of this job order, please email DIPA@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.
Company Information
Name :
Five Branches Inc
Application Information
Email :
By Phone :
Call Theresa Craft at 5853298029
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