General Farmworkers
Employer: Gilbert's Crawfish, LLC
Location: Crowley, LA
Workers needed: 16
Pay: $10.42/hour
Season: Nov 9, 2026 – Jul 30, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
General farmhands needed for crawfish and rice crop. Job duties include tractor driving, field preparation, water maintenance, fertilizing, plant, harvest of crops. Field preparation includes manual shovel work & hoeing of weeds, spot spraying treatments. Help repair & maintain equipment, farm, field, levees, roads, and shop. Load & unload trucks. Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, bait, & check traps. Grade & wash crawfish for shipment, make & repair traps as needed. The worker(s) may be requested but not required to work more than 7 hours per day and/or the Sabbath depending upon the conditions at the worksite, weather, and maturity of the crop. Housing provided on the premises at no cost. Tools, supplies & equipment provided at no cost. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Employees may make above hourly wage and/or receive bonuses based on work performance and experience, may be subject to random drug screen paid by the employer upon hire or if suspicions arise - this is a drug free work zone. Must have legal authority to work within the United States.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will provide cooking and kitchen facilities, housing, housing utilities, as well as transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and other necessary items.
Transport: The employer will provide or pay for charter bus services or other modes of transportation to groups of H-2A or U.S. workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved to and from the place of employment.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Workers may be required to take random, post accident, and/or upon suspicion drug test, and background check post hire at no costs to worker.
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