AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MOBILE PLANT OPERATOR

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MOBILE PLANT OPERATOR

Location: Pyramid Hill, VIC 3575

Tenure: Full-time Permanent

Salary: From $71,481 per year (plus superannuation)

Required Skills and Experience:

• AQF Certificate II or III in Mechanical Technician or relevant qualification

• At least 1-year recent and relevant experience

Position Summary:

On behalf of our client, Global Skilled Employment Services is looking for a skilled and experienced Mobile Plant Operator specialising in Agriculture equipment.

Must have strong communication and time management skills, self-motivated and must have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

Tasks and duties include:

• Operates agricultural and horticultural plant to clear and cultivate land, and sow and harvest crops

• Preparing and positioning plant for operation

• Operating tractor-drawn and self-propelled plant to plough land and sow, fertilise, cultivate and harvest crops, and avoid damaging crops

• Adjusting speed, height and depth of implements

• Operating plant to hold, lift and cut trees

• Operating attachments to lift, swing, release and sort trees and logs, and operating auxiliary plant such as chipping machines and log splitting machines

• Feeding felled trees into processors to strip limbs and cut into logs and loading logs onto stockpiles and into trucks

• Keeping log tallies and writing work reports

• Servicing plant and performing minor repairs

• Perform any other duty as required by the Manager.

Other skills required:

• Good verbal and written communication skills;

• Advanced and extensive mechanical skills

Qualified applicants may apply online.