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Rowland L Gengelbach dba Gengelbach Farms Agricultural Equipment Operators in Plattsburg, Missouri
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Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator, storage area, or market. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, equipment that utilizes GPS and auto-guidance systems, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, and track-hoes. Non CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products and driven on the farm, to storage facilities and to market. Manual duties include but are not limited to loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools to remove rocks, undesirable\ plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields; loading and unloading grain as needed; winterizing equipment at the end of the harvest season; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; and regularly servicing equipment. Job requires weening calves; moving cattle to and from the summer grazing pastures; maintaining and repairing property borders. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage\ in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers\' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.