[Agricultural Equipment Operator, X16, Wapato, Zillah, Prosser, Granger]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}

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[This job opportunity is limited to qualified, available workers that are ]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}[currently]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold;="" text-decoration:="" underline"=""}[ eligible to work in the United States, per federal regulation.]{times="" new="" roman";="" font-weight:="" bold"=""}

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[Apples, cherries, pear, apricot/nectarine, and peach.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

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[AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: Sample of reported job duties include: Equipment Operator, Farm Equipment Operator, Loader Operator, Packing Tractor Machine Operator, Rake Operator, Sprayer, Windrower Operator. Job duties include, but are not limited to:]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Mix specified materials or chemicals, under the supervision or direction of an individual with a WSDA Private Applicators License, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weed growth and diseases]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Operate towed machines such as orchard sprayers or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.]{times="" new="" roman""=""}

[-Operate or tend equipment used in agricult ]{times="" new="" roman""=""}