Farmworker
Employer: Becnel Citrus CO
Location: Belle Chasse, LA
Workers needed: 3
Pay: $9.59/hour
Season: Oct 1, 2026 – Jul 30, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Weed fields. Cultivate trees and nursery stock. Harvest citrus. Grafting species of nursery stock. Irrigate. Farm field and shed sanitation.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: All housing units have free kitchen & cooking facilities with refrigeration capacities. Free cooking & kitchen facilities (& housing facility) is only provided for workers unable to return to their residence the same day. Cooking, kitchen & housing facility is not available for non-worker & it is not the prevailing practice. No family housing available. Each housed worker is responsible for maintaining the unit in a neat, clean manner. Housed worker will promptly clean up after himself or herself, washing pots, pans, plates, flatware, glasses, and promptly storing said items back to their original location for immediate use by other housed worker. Worker will leave counter-tops clean, disposing all trash in the designated trash can, & store all food in a sanitary manner. Worker shall not appropriate groceries purchased by another worker unless that other worker's prior permission has been obtained.
Transport: Advanced incoming transportation & subsistence may not be made by Employer as it is not the prevailing practice. If employer did not otherwise provide incoming transportation and/or subsistence, after eligible worker has completed half the work from the worker's start date to the ending date of certification, reimbursements will be provided for incoming transportation in no greater amount than the most reasonable common carrier i.e. bus, car, van, charges for same.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Drug test paid for by employer, post hire. Must have 3 months experience in harvesting, cultivating and grafting. Must harvest without damage to fruit or tree. Must recognize stage for grafting, make bark incision at best location & particular incision pattern for specific specie of rootstock, insert properly then secure insert to root stock.
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