Farm and agricultural worker

Agricultural Equipment Operators in Holtville, California

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: Peri & Sons Farms of California, LLC
Where: Holtville, California
Places: 10
Pay: $16.9 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-09-24
Ends: 2027-04-10
Filed: 2026-07-23

What the work involves

Workers will operate farm equipment to prepare agricultural ground and seed beds for row crop production. Ground preparation includes: leveling, disking, and ripping fields; using land planes; and chisel-plowing fields. Bed preparation for row-crop production includes listing, mulching, and seed-bed preparation. Workers must be able to apply fertilizers and chemicals using farm equipment such as spray rigs. Workers must be able to operate a tractor with farming implements. Workers may perform other duties and tasks under SOC Code 45-2091. Related duties may be assigned. Work is performed outdoors in highly varied weather conditions. Frequent walking, stooping, bending, crouching, and kneeling is required. Being on one’s feet for long time periods is required. Sitting in, standing in, and/or operating agricultural equipment for long time periods is required. Lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds is required. Frequent turning, pushing, and pulling is required. Dexterity to use and manipulate agricultural equipment is required. Vision, focus, and cognitive ability to accomplish the functions above is required.

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 $2,924 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