ag equipment operator

AEWR; US Workers: AR: $13.40; H2A Workers: AR: $12.27. Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties found in SOC Code 45-2091 Agricultural Equipment Operator such as: 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; Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; Manipulate controls to set, activate, and a djust mechanisms on machinery for cultivating, planting, spraying, watering, harvesting, storing crops; Control and operate grain loop system with paddles and other moving and stationary equipment; Operate or tend equipment (equipped with GPS) used in agricultural production such as tractor, combine, grain cart, mower to produce crops such as corn, cotton, rice; Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, planters, harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools; Operate towed machines such as seed drills or spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops; Set levee gates; Irrigate soil using poly pipe or ditch systems, and maintain ditches, pipes, pumps; Must be able to speak and understand english.