Agricultural Equipment Operators
Green Gold Farms
📍 Edinburg, TX · Hidalgo County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26196-099851
- 📞 Phone: +1 (956) 890-1272
- ✉️ Email: mightymikemelon@aol.com
Employer instructions
Interested candidates are to contact their local State Workforce Agency (SWA). Candidates should be fully apprised by the local SWA office of the terms, conditions and nature of employment prior to referral and may be given a copy of the ETA Form 790 and its corresponding attachments. SWA agents who have screened candidates for all season availability, legality to work in the US, and who are willing, able and qualified to perform the job duties may contact the office at (956) 890-1272; or mail them to 5111 N 10th St, McAllen, TX 78504. Office hours for applicants are Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Applicants referred on this job order should be advised that they must possess legal, suitable documents to complete Form I-9 as required by USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security.
Person seeking employment as a farm laborer must be available for the entire period requested by the employer, possess 2 months experience hand harvesting fruits and vegetables with verifiable sources, may be subject to a post hire background check at no expense of their own and pass a post-hire free of charge drug test. These steps are intended to ensure that the safety of the work environment and end consumer is not compromised as mandated by the Global G.A.P Audit, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the USDA Good Agricultural Practices & Good Handling Practices Audit. Convictions of criminal conduct that present a potential compromise of food security in accordance with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 will be cause for discharge. The employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to the employment service if employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers. Although an international or US drivers license is not required, all applicants must be in compliance with Federal, State and local licensing requirements for safe employer vehicle operation. Applicants who have been disbarred from licensing for multiple DUIs will not be eligible.
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Subject: Application for Agricultural Equipment Operators (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26196-099851
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
The agricultural equipment operator position includes duties associated with the pre-harvest activities of watermelon, onions and row crops. Workers will assist in the operation of implements of husbandry such as tractors, farm equipment, towing tractor implements/extensions/accessories, and operation of tractor trailers in order to complete assigned tasks as well as provide general labor support and conduct duties associated with the pre-harvest support and maintenance. Workers will perform routine maintenance on pre-harvesting equipment, harvesting equipment, and any other equipment utilized by the employer during their season. This work will require standing, walking, stooping, bending, climbing, sitting, frequent mounting and dismounting off equipment, lifting up to 50 pounds, along with time outdoors in all weather conditions. It also includes adherence to instructions given in the proper procedures & techniques to be used in the operation of the equipment and completion of tasks. Workers are expected to use PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) as required by task including the use of seatbelt at all times when operating a tractor.
As instructed, workers while walking or operating implements of husbandry will mix and load into solution tank and apply in combination and/or alone herbicides, fungicides, essential plant nutrients, insecticides, beneficial microbes solution to growing areas, service areas, roads, drainage ditches, fences, internal reservoir areas, dikes and natural areas. As instructed worker will pull by hand, stomp down and spray solution, hoe, shovel, scuffle hoe, weeds and vines from growing areas, service areas, roads, drainage ditches, fences, internal reservoir areas, dikes and natural areas. Workers will clean, remove and properly dispose of garbage, tree limbs, stumps, from growing areas. Some of these tasks will require worker repetitious lifting, stooping, kneeling, and bending over and or repetitious dismounting and mounting of implements of husbandry.
Workers must use care when performing their farm work duties and exercise consciousness. Workers must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by their supervisors and all farm work operations must meet the standards and specifications given by the employer. Workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of the vehicle/equipment before operating. All vehicles should be driven in a manner to protect workers, in-field crops, and equipment. Operators should ensure all equipment is functioning correctly before operating. The use of all necessary PPE and safety equipment including wearing of seatbelt at all times when operating farm equipment is mandatory. The vehicles that the workers may operate include tractors, tractor-trailers, sprayers, forklifts and minivans. Workers may assist with the repair, service, and maintenance of farm equipment including the prep, cleaning, lubrication, assembly, inspection, dismantling of equipment parts.
Watermelon
Workers will be expected to perform all tasks associated with growing watermelons. Drive tractors to perform all field work discing, plowing, bedding, installing drip irrigation, installing plastic mulch, and cultivate the crop. Workers will be expected to irrigate the crop, spray if needed, mowing and maintenance around field.
Onion
Workers will be expected to perform all tasks associated with growing onions. field prep work, planting irrigation and cultivating.
Row Crops
Workers will be expected to perform all the tasks associated with growing row crops (corn, beans cotton). Drive tractors to perform these tasks. Discing, chiseling, planting, cultivating, spray, drive combine harvester.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 80 lb Drug test Background check |
Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.
Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage for H2A workers is $9.97 per hour. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Edinburg, Tx) |
| Housing | Leased housing |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. No charge will be made for the provided beds, appliances, cooking utensils and similar items furnished to workers to whom housing is provided hereunder unless unlawfully removed or damaged beyond normal wear and tear. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) weekly transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. If for any reason the kitchen facilities become unavailable due to fire or calamity, the employer will provide 3 meals per day for which a deduction shall be made until the kitchen facilities become operable. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide free transportation between the employer’s housing and the worksite for any worker who is provided housing. The use of transportation by the worker is voluntary, and no worker will be required as a condition of employment to utilize the transportation offered by the employer. |
| Travel to the job | After a worker has completed fifty percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place the worker came from to the place of work, if such costs are borne by the worker. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions from the worker’s wages: FICA taxes and federal income tax withholdings as required by Federal, State, and local law. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26196-099851 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Agricultural Equipment Operators (45-2091.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Low Country Labor Company |
| Posted | Jul 24, 2026 |