Aquaculture Worker
Employer: Aloun Farm, Inc.
Location: Kekaha, HI
Workers needed: 45
Pay: $16.00/hour
Season: Jan 5, 2027 – Nov 4, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Aquaculture Worker: Helps with live transfer of juvenile shrimp from nursery to grow out ponds. Siphons and harvests shrimps. Helps in cleaning equipment, weighing and processing boxes, packing shrimps, and changing of water. Helps in feeding shrimps. makes sure feed is spread evenly in the pond. Maintains all aerators in all ponds, fix any aerators that shut down. Prepares ponds prior to stocking. Bottom checks ponds, flushing of ponds, sampling weights for all grow out ponds. Ensure all technical cultivation tasks from preparation to cycle transition. Controls water quality parameters.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Workers residing in employer-provided housing will be provided free transportation once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services). Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas are shared by all workers. In the event that kitchen facilities become unavailable during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g). In such circumstances, employer will deduct the cost of such meals up to the maximum allowable amount published in the Federal Register, or as otherwise approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Transport: Employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier (e.g., van, bus, plane) transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound transportation. Inbound transportation provided from the foreign worker's home city to the U.S. consulate and from the U.S. Consulate to the work site.
Experience wanted: 2 months
2 months of prior verifiable work experience in aquaculture within the past two years is require.
Must be able to understand work & safety instructions in English or Spanish, the languages spoken and written in the workplace.
Workers are not permitted to be under the influence of intoxicants of any kind during working hours. All employees are subject to employer-paid, post-hire drug testing. Any employee who declines to take or fails this drug test will be terminated and paid for all hours worked, if any.
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