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Agricultural Equipment Operators

  • Irish Bend Planting, Inc.
  • Franklin, LOUISIANA
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Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Agricultural equipment operator (tractor driver)

Pay
$14.84 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
8/1/2026 to 5/31/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$14.84 / hour
Positions offered
10 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
8/1/2026
Contract end
5/31/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
2379 Irish Bend Rd. (45.25888 N - 111.145678 W)
ZIP code
70538
Hours per week
40

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Crops/Commodities: Farm Work: sugarcane and soybeans.
  • Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Plant, cultivate and harvest sugarcane and soybeans by hand or machine. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, grain auger, and self propelled machinery. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears and knives. Follow harvester on foot through field picking up dropped cane. Assist in preparing fields for planting. Workers will remove pre-cut sugarcane stalks from supply trailer and manually place and straighten predetermined numbers of sugarcane stalks into an open furrow at specific intervals/overlaps. Walk behind field wagon and hand plant sugarcane at designated intervals in furrow rows. Workers will dig ditches with shovel, stoop, bend, and reach while planting. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Assist with mechanical planting of soybeans, ensuring that hopper is filled and emptied properly. Clear ditches for drainage. Walk fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops. Clean augers and dump pits for inspection. Perform general farm maintenance including weed and grass control. Workers are responsible for farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Assist in Good Agricultural Practices policies. Workers will inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Workers with a valid license and doctor's certificate may transport other workers in vehicles provided and insured by the employer and be offered additional hours.
  • Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
  • Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break.
  • TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage; (3) has treated company property (tools, equipment, crops, fixtures, etc.), with care and respect, avoiding damage or improper cleanliness or maintenance standards; (4) has timely and consistently followed instructions duly communicated by supervisors, crew leaders, and management personnel; (5) has complied with the employer's quality control standards for ensuring a marketable product; (6) is not repeatedly tardy or absent, has reported to work at the time and place instructed, and remained at work for the agreed-upon work hours, unless such absence was excused or the worker timely communicated and sought approval for any deviation from such schedule; (7) has consistently performed the duties assigned, in the manner instructed, and has not purposefully malingered or acted in a recalcitrant manner

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Agricultural equipment operator (tractor driver)
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
3 months of experience

Three months of agricultural equipment operation experience required. Perform prolonged walking, sitting, stooping, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying of up to 50 lbs. Work in extremely hot, cold and/or wet weather. Hazardous occupation. Employer is a drug free workplace. Drug testing is conducted post-hire at the employer's expense and is not part of the interview process.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26138-922878
Case status
Certification issued

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