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Truck Driver/Equipment Operator

  • JTG Land and Cattle
  • Dow City, IOWA
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Source last checked: 10/29/2026

Job summary

Truck and tractor-trailer driver

Pay
$21.04 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
12/14/2026 to 4/16/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$21.04 / hour
Positions offered
3 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
12/14/2026
Contract end
4/16/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
2051 U Avenue
ZIP code
51528
Hours per week
40

Additional pay information

$19.80/hr (wage offered to H2A worker only)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Operate farm semi-trucks and other heavy trucks with capacities greater than three tons to transport and deliver crops, livestock, feed, farm supplies, equipment, and other agricultural materials. Inspect, load, and secure cargo using appropriate chains, binders, straps, covers, blocks, or other securing equipment and verify that loads are complete and properly secured. Drive tractor-trailer combinations and other farm trucks between fields, farm locations, grain facilities, markets, suppliers, and other agricultural destinations. Plan and adjust routes using maps, GPS, and other navigation equipment as needed. Maneuver trucks safely into loading and unloading positions and assist with loading and unloading when necessary. Couple and uncouple trailers and operate trailer landing gear and other equipment. Operate forklifts, augers, conveyors, suction gates, shovels, pitchforks, and other equipment to load or transfer agricultural products. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools, and operate tractors and other farm machinery as needed to assist with agricultural production activities. Check trucks and equipment to ensure mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in proper working order; perform basic vehicle maintenance and minor roadside repairs as needed. Maintain required records and logs, report vehicle defects or damage, and communicate with supervisors and other drivers using phones, radios, GPS, or truck communication systems. Remove debris from trailers and maintain clean and orderly vehicles and equipment. Additional duties may include operating tractors, combines, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, irrigation equipment, and other agricultural machinery; loading and unloading grain, crops, feed, and other agricultural products; transporting grain and other farm commodities to market or storage facilities; assisting with grain-bin loading and unloading; inspecting and maintaining trailers, trucks, and farm equipment; installing or removing tire chains and other special equipment when needed; and performing general farm maintenance and cleanup as directed.(Job is 60% Trucking and 40% Agricultural Equipment Operator)

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Truck and tractor-trailer driver
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
3 months of experience

The employee must have 3 months previous farm experience. Employer will conduct post-hire drug testing at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug-free workplace policy. Failure to pass a required drug test will result in termination of employment. Must have a Class A CDL or equivalent, or be able to obtain a Class A CDL or equivalent within 30 days of hire. The employee must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26274-272936
Case status
Acceptance Issued - Next Action In Review

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