ag equipment operator

• Load and unload crops or containers of materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, hand trucks, transfer augers, or similar equipment.

• Mix and load fertilizers, chemicals, seeds, or crop inputs into planters or sprayers.

• Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, weeds, fungus, and plant diseases using hand sprayers or mechanical sprayers. • Observe and listen to equipment to detect malfunctions and report issues to supervisors.

• Manipulate controls to set, adjust, and operate agricultural machinery.

• Operate tractors, combines, swathers, hay equipment, and irrigation equipment used in crop production.

• Adjust, repair, service, and maintain farm machinery and equipment as needed. • Attach implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, harvesters, and grain carts using bolts, tools, and proper safety procedures.

• Load hoppers and conveyors using augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.

• Operate towed equipment such as seed drills, manure spreaders, and fertilizer applicators.

• Weigh crop-filled containers and record weights and crop information.

• Drive farm trucks to haul crops, supplies, equipment, and workers. • Irrigate fields using portable pipes or ditch systems; maintain irrigation pumps, ditches, and pipe systems.

• Drive and operate machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest, and store crops including grain,soybeans, silage, alfalfa, prairie hay, and corn.

• Till soil, plant seed, and conduct crop cultivation and weed control.

• Operate self-propelled combines and tow harvesting equipment. • Record crop information including yields, pesticide use, and other production data.

• Maintain farm buildings, fences, structures, farmyards, and surrounding grounds.

• Perform general farm labor including spraying, weeding, watering, pruning, and maintenance of tools, equipment, and work areas.

Farming with: Alfalfa, Corn, Grain, Prairie Hay, Silage, Soy Beans