Custom Applicator

Keystone Cooperative • Templeton, IN

7d

About The Position

The Custom Applicator safely and accurately applies products to labeled crops and sites based on recommendations from the Manager/Salesperson. The role operates and maintains company application equipment and builds customer relations through quality fertilizer application, while providing customers and the location manager with feedback about field conditions observed during application. After annual performance evaluations, the position could lead to Professional Custom Applicator.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED; experience may offset this requirement.
• At least 1 year of application experience.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet a Motor Vehicle Review in accordance with company policy.
• Obtain and maintain required state commercial applicator certification.
• Minimum of an Ag CDL.
• Communicate effectively with team members and customers and represent Keystone Cooperative professionally and courteously.
• Read, count, and write well enough to complete documentation accurately, including understanding shipping/applicator orders and tickets, product labels, SDS sheets, warning signs, and emergency procedures.
• Familiarity with crop chemicals, farming practices, crop characteristics, and weed identification.
• Ability to adapt to changing application technologies and seasonal workload variations.
• Ability to locate application sites accurately and read field maps.
• Be a team player and contribute to a successful operation and company.
• Work required overtime as the season demands.
• Maintain physical condition to regularly lift more than 50 pounds, climb ladders, perform preventive maintenance, and carry out other physical duties required at an agricultural location.
• Regularly walk, stand, lift, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, handle, feel, and grasp.

Nice To Haves

• Basic mechanical skills for daily equipment maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Apply crop protection products, fertilizer products, and lime safely, efficiently, and to customers’ fields.
• Use supplied information and application-equipment technology to apply the correct products at the correct rates and bill them to the correct fields and customers.
• Assist with mixing, loading, unloading, and transporting crop protection and fertilizer products.
• Follow laws, regulations, safety rules, PPE requirements, and chemical storage requirements when handling and applying products.
• Obtain and maintain state commercial applicator certification and stay current with its requirements.
• Inspect equipment daily before field applications and conduct post-application inspections.
• Maintain safety equipment in optimum condition in applicator equipment and the immediate work area, and follow safety regulations and guidelines.
• Maintain applicator and equipment logs and keep them up to date.
• Perform equipment calibration and preventive maintenance as recommended.
• Follow regulatory guidelines for tank mixing, rinsing, and washing down equipment in the field and at the location.
• Assist team members with physical duties necessary to operate an agricultural location.
• Assist with operational scouting, product transportation, and other customer services.
• Follow applicable Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA, and DOT policies and procedures.
• Apply the correct labeling, decals, and DOT numbers to equipment and tanks.
• May serve as the location Safety Coordinator and follow company environmental health and safety policies and training.
• Provide feedback to customers and the location manager about field conditions observed during application.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED