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H-2A

Ag Equipment Operator

  • Doyle Schaefer Farms
  • Garden City, TEXAS

Source last checked: 10/28/2026

Job summary

Agricultural equipment operator (tractor driver)

Pay
$12.27 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
1/2/2027 to 10/31/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 2 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$12.27 / hour
Positions offered
3 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
1/2/2027
Contract end
10/31/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
2351 County Road 130
ZIP code
79739
Hours per week
55

Additional pay information

AEWR; US Workers: TX: $12.27; H2A Workers: TX: $10.40

Duties and description

Original English description
  • We are a 4000 acre row crop farming operation. We primarily grow cotton. Our equipment consist of John Deere machines. We primarily need assistance with operating equipment to help cultivate and raise multiple crops. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc, attach/detach implements, maintain work areas, direct and monitor work during planting and harvesting, feel plants/crops leaves and note coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease, guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, haul and spread materials such as but not limited to fertilizer to condition the soil, identify plants, crops, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers, inform farm managers of plants or crops progress, load and unload materials and commodities, load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields, maintain grounds and landscaping, mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter, spreader, sprayer type machinery, operate self propelled machinery, record information about crops, repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures, tilling soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning crops, use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools, work in extreme temperatures. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: augers, bins, silos, loading and unloading facilities, cotton stripper/picker, dirtmoving equipment, GPS guidance systems, grain carts, forklift, irrigation equipment, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, planters, self-propelled machinery, sprayers, spreaders, tillage equipment, tractor/trailer combinations, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: corn, cotton, grain sorghum, trees, vegetables. Must speak and understand English.

Requirements and occupation

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

Two (2) months of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26292-308840
Case status
Acceptance issued

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