Rice Harvester at Ascentech Services Limited

Responsibilities

• Sets mowing controls and drives combine through fields to cut and thresh rice, stopping to adjust controls when the amount of grain observed in chaff and amount of chaff observed in grain hoppers exceed allowable amounts
• Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers;
• Starts irrigation pumps, removes levee gates, and breaks apart levees to flood or drain field sections as directed
• Transfers grain from combine hopper to grain truck, using transfer auger
• Patrol irrigation ditches to detect obstructions and earthen deterioration, and remove debris and shores-up leaves and ditches with shovel to ensure complete flooding of fields.
• Transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops;
• Applying pesticides; cleaning, packing, and loading harvested products.
• May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Requirements

• SSCE, or OND qualification
• 1 to 2 years experience as a Farm Worker
• Experience in a Rice Farm
• Ability to speak the Local Dialect
• Experience using Farm Tools