Agricultural Equipment Operator

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Agricultural Equipment Operator

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Occupation: Agricultural Equipment Operators

Location: Clifton, IL - 60927

Positions available: 1

Job #: 16907387

Source: WorkInTexas

Posted: 8/15/2025

Updated: 8/15/2025

Expires: 10/15/2025

Web Site: WorkInTexas

Onsite / Remote: Work onsite all of the time

Job Type: Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Medium-term Employment, Other, see job description Shift

Agency Job ID: TWC 172003

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Work Onsite

Full Time

Experience

6 Month(s)

Schedule

Full Time

Job Type

Regular

Duration

Medium-term Employment

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Temporary work from: 8/9/2025 - 12/15/2025

Experience: 6 mo.

Lifting Requirement: 60 lbs.

Details:

Crops/Commodities: Corn, hay, silage, manure. Drive tractors and balers, and operate other mechanized farm equipment to plant, cultivate, and harvest grain, hay, and/or oilseed crops. Perform manual and mechanized tasks including but not limited to: bushhogging fields; disking; aerating; seeding (using mechanical drills and seeders); fertilizing, weed spraying, mowing, tedding, raking, baling, and stacking. Operate grain carts, tillage equipment, small grain seeding, self-propelled sprayers. Grade, size, and sort product according to quality, in accordance with supervisor's instructions and employer standards. Inspect products for damage/defects and discard inferior products and foreign matter. Place product in bins/trays/sacks and other containers according to grade and mark grades on containers. Load sacks/bins/trays of product onto loader and/or trucks. Weigh products and record weight and/or grade. Handle product carefully to prevent damage. Operate equipment safely, with or without direction. Must follow quality control standards and production procedures. Clean/sanitize grain bins, dryer, and equipment. Performs a variety of manual and machine tasks associated with crops including but not limited to corn and hay: plant, cultivate and weed as needed. Sprays herbicides and insecticides and applies fertilizer. Under supervision, operates farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store crops. Under supervision, assists with servicing, cleaning and maintenance of trucks, trailers and machinery. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include tractors, planters, sprayers, cultivators, combines, sugar beet lifter and other farm equipment. Workers will load trucks with bales of hay and sacks of grain and feed weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Operate self-propelled custom class harvesting machines to harvest a variety of grain, grass and oilseed crops. Service machinery, trucks and trailers. Make in-field repairs. Service/repairs includes but is not limited to: fueling, changing filters, inspecting for wear and or failure, lubricating grease points; inspecting and maintaining fluid levels, tire air pressures, belt and conveyer chain tensions, radiator and filter function, and brake performance; removing and replacing tires, wheels, bearings, belts, wear parts, filters, brake shoes, wheel seals, suspension parts, lights and lenses and chain or chain links. Minor and incidental welding within the scope of basic maintenance/repair. Workers will not fabricate new metal parts or equipment but will do in-field repairs on broken equipment. Prepare, maintain, stock, move supplies. Must be able to operate, maintain and repair agricultural equipment with or without direction. Employer will provide, at no cost to workers, an effective means of communicating in an emergency, which may include but is not limited to a satellite phone, cell phone, wireless device, radio transmitter, or other electronic device effective in the entire geographic area where work will be performed. Fertilize crops by applying manure in field. Operate towed machines including, but not limited to, manure tanks, dragline application toolbars, hose reel carts and hose hustlers. Drive tractors/trucks and operate heavy farm equipment to apply manure to fields. Agitate and transfer manure into lagoons or pits. Use Ag Leader brand GPS and application control technology. Experience with variable rate application, GPS, and other application devices are needed. Lay hose from farm to dragline in field in safe and efficient manner via tractors and hose reel carts. Monitor high pressure hose and pump engines while transferring manure from farm to dragline. Hook up tank trailers to holding tank. Utilize excavation equipment to close lagoons. Clean/sanitize equipment. Work in fertilizer storage and mixing area.

** SEE ETA 790 FOR FULL JOB DESCRIPTION **

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