Tractor Driver (Grain Farm)

Planting to harvest, a fruit orchard near Pinetown runs on good tractor drivers. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

This post is Pinetown-based, with most of your time spent at a fruit orchard.

• Hook up and drive ploughs, discs, planters and sprayers
• Operate combine harvesters during harvest season
• Plant rows straight, using GPS guidance where the tractor has it
• Record hours, fuel and fields worked on the job card
• Mix and apply sprays exactly as the farm manager prescribes
• Clear firebreaks and grade farm roads when needed

• Available to live on or near the farm
• At least 2 years driving tractors on a farm
• Can read job cards and spray instructions
• Basic understanding of implements and settings
• Willing to work long hours in planting and harvest seasons

• Combine harvester experience
• Basic mechanical skills

• Farm housing with water and electricity
• Overtime paid during planting and harvest
• Harvest bonus at season end
• Training on new machinery

• Mention GPS or auto-steer if you have used it. Modern grain farms struggle to find operators who know it.
• List the machines you can drive and the implements you have used. Farmers want to know if you can plant, spray or harvest on day one.