GENERAL FARM LABORER
Employer: ANDRUS FARMS LLC
Location: VILLE PLATTE, LA
Workers needed: 17
Pay: $10.42/hour
Season: Dec 1, 2026 – Sep 20, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
GENERAL FARM LABORER NEEDED FOR RICE, CRAWFISH AND SOYBEAN FARM, WORK INCLUDES
PREPARATION OF FIELDS, PLANTING AND HARVESTING OF CROPS, FERTILIZING OF CROPS AND WATER MAINTANENCE. PERFORM MANUAL LABOR SUCH AS MOWING, CLEANING EQUIPMENT, MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT, MAINTANING FACILITIES ALONG WITH GRAIN BEND CLEAN OUT. WORK ALSO INCLUDES MINOR REPAIRS, OPERATING AND MAINTANENCE OF FARM EQUIPMENT. REMOVAL OF DEBRIS, TRASH AND WEEDS FROM SHOP AND FIELDS AND OTHER GENERAL FARM LABOR. CRAWFISHING INCLUDES, IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING AND PREPARATION OF FIELDS, HARVESTING OF CRAWFISH, BAITING TRAPS, RE-BAITING TRAPS, CUTTING UP BAIT, TRANSPORTING BAIT, LOADING AND UNLOADING OF BAIT, REPAIRING TRAPS, REMOVING TRAPS, LOADING AND UNLOADING OF TRAPS, TRANSPORTING TRAPS TO FIELD, PLACEMENT OF TRAPS IN FIELD, TRANSPORTING OF CRAWFISH FROM FIELDS, WEIGH AND TAGGING OF CRAWFISH, LOADING AND UNLOADING OF CRAWFISH INTO TRUCKS OR VEHICLES OF TRANSPORT TO DELIVER TO LOCAL MARKETS/WHOLESALERS AND TO STORAGE FACILITY. CLEANING/GRADING OF CRAWFISH. MUST BE ABLE TO PERFORM PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE CONSIDERBLE USE OF ARMS AND LEGS AND MOVING THE WHOLE BODY, SUCH AS CLIMBING, STOOPING, REACHING, SITTING, STANDING, WALKING, BENDING, KNEELING. ONCE HIRED MAY BE REQUIRED TO TAKE A RANDOM DRUG TEST AT NO COST TO THE WORKER. TESTING POSITIVE OR FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE TERMINATION FROM EMPLOYMENT. WORK IS CONDUCTED OUTSIDE IN ALL KINDS OF WEATHER, INCLUDING RAIN AND EXTREME HEAT AND COLD. THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY IS SEASONAL IN NATURE BASED UPON CRAWFISH HARVESTING BEGINNING IN DECEMBER AND ENDING IN JULY, THE RICE HARVESTING SEASON BEGINS INJUNE/JULY AND LASTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER OR LATER AND SOYBEAN HARVESTING BEGINNING IN AUGUST AND ENDING IN OCTOBER. THESE CROPS ARE SEASONAL IN NATURE BASED UPON THEIR GROWING CYCLE AS WELL AS THESE CROPS ARE NOT BEING PRODUCED YEAR ROUND BUT ONLY AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR. THE AFOREMENTIONED CROPS ARE ALSO TIED TO A SPECIFIC SEASONOF THE YEAR AND ARE RECURRING ANNUALLY.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: EMPLOYER WILL FURNISH FREE AND CONVIENIENT COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES SO THAT WORKERS CAN PREPARE THEIR OWN MEALS. THE WORKERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES WHERE THEY CAN PURCHASE GROCERIES WITH TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO AND FROM GROCERY STORE AT NO COST TO THE WORKERS. THE FACILITIES WHERE FOOD WILL BE PREPARED MEETS ALL SAFETY GUIDELINES AND ARE ADEQUATE. THE SPACE FOR FOOD PREPARATION IS ADEQUATE. THE COOKING AND KITCHEN FACILITIES INCLUDE A WORKING REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER, STOVE, MICROWAVE, COOKING ACCESSORIES AND ADEQUATE/SANITARY SINKS AND FAUCETS WITH HOT AND COLD WATER UNDER PRESSURE. ALL OF THE ABOVE WILL BE FURNISHED AT NO COST TO THE WORKERS.
Transport: EMPLOYER WILL REIMBURSE WORKERS FOR ALL INBOUND TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND RELATED DAILY SUBSISTENCE COSTS INCURRED BY WORKERS ASSOCIATED WITH ARRIVING AT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AND WILL MONETARILY ADVANCE /PAY WORKERS FOR ALL OUTBOUND TRANSPORTATION AND DAILY SUBSISTENCE COSTS INCURRED FROM THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT/WORK SITE BACK TO THE WORKERS HOME. MODE OF TRANSPORTATION CHOSEN BY WORKERS. WORKERS REIMBURSED AT NO LESS THAN THE MOST ECONOMICAL AND
REASONABLE COMMON CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CHARGE
Experience wanted: 0 months
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