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Bainbridge Farm LLC Ag Equipment Operator in Almond, New York
1 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 04/14/2026 - 12/15/2026
Farming with: Corn, Soy Beans, Winter Wheat
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery. Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Maintain farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks. Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops. Till soil; plant and cultivate grain. Tow harvesting equipment. Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops. Maintain inventory, ordering materials as required.
Requirements:
- Three months experience of the duties mentioned
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
- Employer requires criminal background check post-hire at employers' expense due to the presence of children on the farm and expensive tools and equipment.
- Employer requires drug screen post hire at employers expense due to the liability of operating equipment.
- Extensive sitting/walking
- Driver Requirements / Certain roles may require a valid drivers license within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov. For assistance with this job order, please email H2A@labor.ny.gov. If applicable, please include the interested applicants name and job order number in the email.