Farm and agricultural worker

Agricultural Equipment Operator in Magnolia, Illinois

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Trey Hare Custom Spraying, Inc.
Where: Magnolia, Illinois
Places: 12
Pay: $15.48 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-09-01
Ends: 2026-11-30
Filed: 2026-07-20

What the work involves

Job requires the operation of various farm and fertilizer equipment to apply chemicals and fertilizer to fields and tender fertilizer, chemicals, and water to and from application equipment. Fertilizer and chemical application equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, accurate application machinery, self-propelled spin spreader fertilizer applicators, self-propelled boom equipped air box (air flow) fertilizer applicators, non CDL farm trucks and flatbed trailers with water tanks, forklifts, and farm trucks. Job will also include properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into applicators; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of warehouses, shops, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment; mowing and weed control; painting equipment; and tendering parts to and from machines. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often, and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,678 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification