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Agricultural Equipment Operator

  • Stone Goose Enterprises Inc
  • Newark, NEW YORK
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Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Agricultural equipment operator (tractor driver)

Pay
$18.75 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
7/5/2026 to 3/1/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$18.75 / hour
Positions offered
4 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
7/5/2026
Contract end
3/1/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
5919 Austin Road
ZIP code
14513
Hours per week
42

Additional pay information

Guest workers will be paid at a rate of $17.91

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Operate 100 hp tractors, tractor-drawn machinery and/or forklifts to cultivate, weed and harvest onions, potatoes, pumpkins and squash. All machinery or equipment operation will be done within the farm settings and are incidental to work at our business locations.
  • Pre-harvest work will include pulling & moving onions/potatoes to clear paths for harvest machines, move bins as required, inspect, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. Tractors and equipment will be operated on farm roads or in farm fields. As necessary, perform maintenance or alterations to the washing line, grading line and bagging equipment as conditions warrant.
  • During harvest, will use crop specific equipment such as field lifts, onion toppers, and trucks rigged for floatation. Workers will inspect, maintain, and repair harvest equipment as needed. Onion bins will be filled, covered, and transported from the field to the onion storage facilities.
  • Potato bins will be filled and transported from the field to the storage facilities. Harvest pumpkin and squash
  • Post-harvest activities include grading vegetables to certain specifications, operating bagging equipment, loading tractor trailers with finished product, repairing onion/potato boxes, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing grading and bagging equipment as necessary
  • When engaged in apple production and harvesting:
  • Farm equipment operator to run 100 HP tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate and spray apple trees. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops. Will mow lanes between tree rows using tractor mowers. Will operate chain saws to prune trees and remove dead and/or diseased trees. Set up, operate, monitor & maintain irrigation system. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. All machinery or equipment operation will be done within the farm settings and are incidental to work at our business locations. Workers must posses or be able to obtain a class D driver’s license. Apply fertilizers to crops. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. Will monitor fields for plant infestations and use treatments appropriate for use in both a preventative or infestation situations. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Harvest apples. Apples injured by bruising during picking shall not exceed 1% (WNY) for fresh and 1% (WNY) for processing as defined in the U.S. standard for grades. Productivity must be at least 6-20 bushel bins fresh market and/or 8-20 bushel bins processing fruit per day.
  • Workers must have experience in working with farm sanitary and safety practices as required in Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) plans. Due to health and safety concerns relating to pesticide application and the operation of equipment on our farm, workers are required to have the ability to comprehend simple oral and written instructions in English. Workers should report for work with own suitable work clothing. Field temperatures can range from 30 to 100+ degrees (F). Workers may be required to work in damp or wet working conditions. After hiring, employer may conduct random drug tests at employer’s expense. Must be physically able to lift up to 80 pounds *Workers referred against this order must have a minimum of 3 months experience in performing tasks described in this order within an onion/row crop farming environment.
  • 1 workers beginning 7/5/26
  • 3 workers beginning 8/8/26

Requirements and occupation

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

a. Workers must be able to demonstrate that they are physically able to perform the work as described. b. The employer will provide 0 days of training for worker to reach production standards (if applicable.). c. Employer may require worker to perform any available general farm work if the guarantee referenced in Section 17a Additional Assurance for Clearance Orders is invoked d. Employer may terminate worker with timely notification to the NPC and DHS, if the worker: 1) Refuses, without cause, to perform work for which the worker was recruited and hired; 2) Commits serious acts of misconduct; 3) Fails to reach production standards; 4) Abandons Job (Job Abandonment) is absent for five consecutive previously scheduled days without prior notification to employer.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26145-946183
Case status
Certification issued

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