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Job Description
Agricultural Equipment Operator 45-2091.00 Goebberts Farm Inc Pingree Grove, IL $15.48 per hour Begin date:3/23/2026End date:11/16/2026 No more jobs. Agricultural Equipment Operator 45-2091.00 Goebberts Farm Inc Pingree Grove, IL $15.48 per hour Begin date:3/23/2026End date:11/16/2026 View Job Order Recruitment Information Telephone Number to
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+18474645952 (tel:+18474645952) Email address to
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info@goebberts.com
Job Description Full Time:
Yes Number of Workers Requested:
26
Job Duties:
Workers will perform various duties associated with growing the crops listed below to include transplanting crops, weeding by hand or with hoe, laying and moving irrigation pipe, harvesting crops manually, sorting crops, washing and packing crops.
Various vegetable and fruit crops:
Beet, Celery, Radishes, Sweet Corn, Green Beans, Tomatoes, Peppers (hot and sweet), Melons, Cucumbers, soybeans field corn, pumpkins,
Flowers, Golden Beets, Eggplant, Zucchini, Apples, Indian Corn, Sun Flowers, Onions, Corn, Beans Sanitation Requirements:
For food and general personal safety purposes, all workers will be required and expected to follow common sanitary practices at all times. This is particularly critical when hand harvesting crops for human consumption. Employees are required to cleanse their hands by washing them thoroughly with soap and water after using the bathroom and before entering the fields for harvest activities or the packing facility for packing operations. Workers will plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables. Workers will be required to remove weeds by hand or with a hoe. Workers will bend and stoop to pick vegetables according to size, color, shape and degree of maturity and place into field containers. Workers may carry full container weighing approximately fifty (50) lbs. and empty into field bin or load onto trailer. May be required to pull and discard culls as directed by supervisor. Pickers will take care not to bruise or scar produce. Pre-harvest activities may include staking, tying, transplanting, and pruning. Workers will stand on feet for long periods of time. Workers are required to work in fields when plants are wet with dew or rain. Temperatures in fields during working hours can range from forty (40) to over one hundred (100) degrees.
Orchard Maintenance and clean up:
Workers will be responsible for general orchard clean up. They will rake up debris from the land such as sticks, straw, etc. Workers involved in orchard maintenance may be required to hoe trees, girdle, spread fertilizer, pick up roots and limbs, strip suckers or unwanted growth from trees, dig root suckers, knock fruit off trees, use hand sprayer, remove vines, lay irrigation pipe, repair and maintain drip system, and strap and tie fruit trees. Employer will provide all equipment. Instruction will be given for each task and standards of performance communicated to workers. The specific standards for a job will be disclosed and demonstrated by the supervisor before the work begins.
Job Classification:
45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse The job/industry classification and description includes general information on the position from ONET/OES and the North American Industry Classification System. Please review Job Duties and Job Order for more information.
Job Requirements Experience Required:
Yes Months of Experience Required:
2
Special Requirements:
Must have two months experience hand harvesting a perishable crop. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Must be physically able to meet and perform all job specifications stated in job order. Must be able to work in the hot humid weather for extended periods of time. Workers are subject to random drug testing at no cost to the employee. All drug testing will occur after the worker begins his or her employment and is not a part of the interview process. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination.
Number of Hours Per Week:
40 Work Schedule (Start/End time): 7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Employer Information Company Name:
Goebberts Farm Inc Location:
Pingree Grove, IL 60140
Worksite Address:
42 W 813 Reinking Rd, Pingree Grove, IL 60140 (https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42%20W%20813%20Reinking%20Rd%2C%20Pingree%20Grove%2C%20IL%2060140)
