Farm and agricultural worker

Agricultural Equipment Operator in Williston, ND

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: Justin Folvag
Where: Williston, ND
Places: 4
Pay: $19.99 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-15
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

SOC 45-2091 — 100% of work performed. Seasonal employees prepare fields for planting with tractors and attached tillage equipment, connecting plows, discs, planters, sprayers, harvesters, and other implements to tractors and then operating tractors, seed drills, planters, sprayers, combines, and other agricultural machinery throughout the crop cycle. The work supports the planting, cultivation, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting of corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, soybeans, and canola, with machinery used as needed to apply fertilizer or crop treatments and to move through field operations from soil preparation to harvest. Employees also operate irrigation equipment and maintain the associated pipes, ditches, and pumps, including installing, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing pivot irrigation components to support crop growth. In addition, they load and unload crops and farm materials using conveyors, augers, forklifts, or hand tools, watch and listen for equipment problems during operation, report malfunctions, inspect equipment, and perform routine servicing, lubrication, adjustments, minor repairs, and other routine maintenance on farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, including the tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery used to plow, harrow, fertilize soil, and plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest wheat, corn, and soybeans. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Employer may, at its sole discretion, provide pay increases based on longevity or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

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 $3,458 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