Job Details

Agricultural Equipment Operator

This job was posted by Idaho Works. Dates of need: 2/20/2026-12/10/2026. Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 60 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a drug test at no cost to the worker and be subject to the employers drug free and alcohol free workplace policy including testing protocols. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural equipment operation experience. Work will take place on a farm that produces corn, wheat, onion seed, carrot seed, watermelon, pumpkins, turnip, radish seed, sunflower seed and other flower seeds. The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.

Worker may:

• Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crop
• Perform tasks such as crop baling
• Operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks such as husking, shelling, and threshing
• Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers
• 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 irrigation pivots and notify supervisors when pivot machinery malfunctions
• Push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system
• Turn on/off pivots
• Learn and master operating a pivot
• If a pivot is stuck, get it unstuck and in operating condition
• Roll up/unroll pivot hoses
• Unplug plugged up nozzles; unplug plugged up hoses
• Replace broken nozzles and hoses; maintain operation of a pivot at optimum level
• Remove weeds and remove vegetation from crops using hands or hand tools
• Hand harvest vegetables and produce crops
• Put vegetables in containers or lays bunches of vegetables along row for collection
• Carry containers or armloads of bunched vegetables to collection point
• Load vegetables on to trucks
• All other duties assigned

Workers job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm), as well as night shifts due to crop demands. Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year. The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed. A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required. Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. Workers must be able to work varying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers are notified of any change in the start times. Work may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in ields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Workers must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the job duties throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.