Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
Employer: Black Gold Farms Inc
Location: Live Oak, FL
Workers needed: 1
Pay: $23.95/hour
Season: Dec 28, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
• 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, planters, harvesters, conveyers, and irrigation equipment.
• Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
• Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, planters, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
• Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
• Operate farm equipment to troubleshoot issues and ensure that it is ready for use.
• Operate forklifts, bobcats, and occasionally field equipment
• Operate other farming equipment.
• Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes
• Servicing, repairing, adjusting, and testing machines, devices, moving parts, and equipment that operate primarily on the basis of mechanical (not electronic) principles.
• Perform safety checks on farm equipment.
• Record parts information and inventory of parts used.
• Record maintenance being conducted.
• Operate a farm service pickup to bring parts to equipment or drive to equipment being tested in the field.
• Full time supervision is provided and all tools are provided at no cost. Workers must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time and work in extreme temperatures. Lifting objects up to 50 lbs., bending, twisting, and stooping regularly will be required.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities as a part of their housing unit so that workers may prepare their own meals. Cooking and eating utensils and food containers will be provided. The employer will also provide, on a weekly basis, transportation to assure workers have access to stores to purchase groceries and personal necessities. Employer will only make meal deductions if kitchen facilities become unavailable to the employee.
Transport: See Addendum C
Experience wanted: 3 months
3 months experience performing maintenance on agriculture equipment and operating this equipment within the past 2 years. 3 months experience working with potatoes is required. A standard drivers license, or ability to obtain one immediately upon hire is required. Hours of work will be offered above 40 hours per week, but is on a voluntary basis. Work schedules may fluctuate relative to weather conditions, field conditions, and crop conditions. Work will be offered on weekends and holidays, but is voluntary. Employees must be able to perform the duties and meet the physical requirements of the job for the duration of the contract.
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