Farm and agricultural worker

Agricultural Equipment Operators in Rhodesdale, MD

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: Black Gold Farms, Inc
Where: Rhodesdale, MD
Places: 2
Pay: $20 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-10
Ends: 2027-09-01
Filed: 2026-10-30

What the work involves

•Adjust, repair, maintain, service, set up and disassemble potato production equipment. This includes harvesters, planters, sprayers, seed cutters, pilers, sprayers, trailers, loaders, excavators, irrigation injection pumps, pivots, conveyors, potato washline equipment, tillage, pickups, field trucks and other farm equipment. •Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. •Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, planters, harvesters, conveyers, and irrigation equipment. •Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. •Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, planters, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. •Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. •Operate farm equipment to troubleshoot issues and ensure that it is ready for use. •Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes •Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles. •Operate farming equipment. •Perform safety checks on farm equipment. •Record parts information and inventory of parts used. •Record maintenance being conducted. •Operate a farm service pickup to bring parts to equipment or drive to equipment being tested in the field. •Full time supervision is provided and all tools are provided at no cost. Workers must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time and work in extreme temperatures. Lifting objects up to 50 lbs., bending, twisting, and stooping regularly will be required.

How to apply

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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 $3,460 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