agricultural equipment operator

Ag Equipment Operator: Worker will be required to complete the following activities as directed by supervisor: operate farm equipment, including forklifts, tractors, mowers, harvesters, boom sprayer, air-blast sprayer, box shuttles, and vehicles to complete farm tasks; load, haul, and unload crops to employer-owned storage locations; perform routine general repairs and maintenance of farm equipment; drive Employer-provided vehicle to and from the worksite; oversee job tasks to ensure quality standards are being met; analyze fruit thinning and apple hand harvest; scan workers ID badge to maintain bin count. Complete general orchard maintenance such as weeding; shoveling; hoeing; trunk painting; mowing; hand fertilizing; thinning; pruning; grafting; tying limbs; blossom removal; maintain pre-set grafting; planting fruit trees; install tree screens/grow tubes; install rain covers in orchard; conduct farm building repairs; complete harvest preparation tasks such as spreading liners in bins, wash and sanitize harvesting bins or repair harvesting bins; h and harvest to quality standards of apples and cherries; field sorting apples not meeting quality standards; laying mylar and drip tube; construct and repair trellis; repair deer fence; install and maintain irrigation systems; drain tile repair; clearing old orchards and tree removal; complete general hand tasks to include picking up garbage around the orchard, removing old string and wire from trellis and orchard blocks, picking up brush and roc ks throughout the orchard; conduct various field and farm clean up tasks at end of season. Other duties assigned under this order will be consistent under Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification: Agricultural Equipment Operators (45–2091)