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Randy C. Ulmer Agricultural Equipment Operator in Ashley, North Dakota
Temporary position from 02-15-2026 to 12-15-2026 North Dakota Job Order 50hours/week 18.98/hour Due to seasonal changes in North Dakota, our farm operations are strictly seasonal in nature. In early spring, we prepare farm machinery for fieldwork and begin readying our corrals for calving. By late spring, we are actively planting soybeans and corn. During the summer months, we complete haying, check pastures, and perform general maintenance. In the fall, we harvest soybeans and corn while also working and weaning cattle. Throughout the busy seasons, employees assist with light to moderate mechanical maintenance as needed. When winter arrives, fieldwork stops, and we handle the limited cattle work personally. This position is seasonal because our workload depends on calving, planting, growing, and harvest cycles that occur only during specific times of the year. Our operation begins calving in mid-April, and we require H-2A workers to arrive before that time to prepare corrals and facilities. During spring and early summer, employees help with calving and caring for young calves. By mid-summer, cattle are moved to pasture, where employees assist with checking livestock, repairing fences, making hay, and other duties. In late fall, cattle are brought back to the farm for weaning. Once H-2A workers complete their seasonal employment, we handle the remaining winter cattle feeding ourselves. Job duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery; engaging in planting, weeding, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting activities; loading and unloading crops or materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, transfer augers, or hand trucks; loading hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products using forklifts, augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks; manipulating controls to set, activate, and adjust equipment mechanisms; observing and listening to machinery during operation to detect malfunctions; driving farm semi-trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools; inspecting, adjusting, and performing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment; updating cattle records as needed; inspecting, examining, and diagnosing mechanical and electrical equipment to identify damage, defects, or malfunctions; disassembling and cleaning defective machinery or parts using hand and machine tools; installing, repairing, and maintaining farm machinery, vehicles, irrigation systems, plumbing, and sprinkler systems; tuning, overhauling, or adjusting engines and equipment to ensure optimal performance; lubricating, cleaning, and reassembling equipment following repair and testing operations for proper function; and driving trucks and moving large objects to transport tools, equipment, or machinery to and from repair sites. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license. In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Employment Service (ES) as a no-fee labor exchange that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) nor the State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party. North Dakota Referrals are accepted through the local Job Service office, by word of mouth, and/or gate hires etc., during regular business hours Monday-Friday. Reference North Dakota Job Order For more information on this job opportunity, co tact your local Job Service office or Job Service North Dakota 1307 12th Ave. NE Jamestown ND 58401 PH.701-253-6200 Refer only qualified applicants who have been informed of all the job specifics. Contact North Dakota Job Service at 701-253-6200