Shuttle Crew Drivers

Agricultural Equipment Operator

This job order is for Agricultural Equipment Operators that will drive fellow workers.

Driving Job Responsibilities:

Transporting H-2A workers to and from fields, housing, or other designated locations.

Ensuring workers arrive on time and in a safe manner.

Maintaining vehicles in good working condition (e.g., routine checks, refueling, cleaning).

Complying with all state and federal traffic laws, as well as H-2A program requirements.

Driving Requirements:

A valid driver's license (depending on the size of the vehicle or state regulations). Minimum a Class B with passenger Endorsement or a licencia Federal de Conductor Clase A.

A clean driving record.

Familiarity with the local area or designated routes.

Ability to communicate with workers, often in Spanish or another relevant language.

Works must have with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but no limited to Driving while).

The job requires a minimum of 3 months of verifiable experience driving agricultural workers.

Workers will transport passengers to and from work each day from housing. Drivers will transport workers to and from housing to local grocery store weekly for grocery purchases. The drivers will return to the worksite each day. May be asked to log times in and out for workers. Arrange to pick up particular groups on a regular equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.

Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner. Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.

Notify mechanics of vehicle problems. Perform minor vehicle repairs, such as cleaning spark plugs, or take vehicles to mechanics for servicing. Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure or trips, hours worked, mileage, fuel consumption, or fares received. Regulate heating, lighting, and ventilation systems for passenger comfort. Report any vehicles malfunctions or needed repairs. Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.

Additional job duties: Workers may be required also to perform duties such as: Harvest crops by hand and work in the fields for long periods of time. Workers will work in the packing house packing vegetables. Workers may be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of herbs and vegetables. Workers may be required to manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables such as: Green/Red Romaine, Green/Red Oak, Green/Red Leaf, Mizuna, Arugula, Green/Red Chard, Tatsoi, Spinach, Kale as well as other types of vegetables, lettuce crops, Culinary Herbs, Microgreens and other field crops. Workers will be required to use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers, transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops, applying pesticides.