Farm Worker
Employer: Treadway Fisheries Inc
Location: DesArc, AR
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $13.95/hour
Season: Jan 10, 2027 – Oct 28, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Workers will be required to seine fish ponds as needed, load and unload fish from pond bank into specialized fish hauling trucks; unload trucks into fish shed, grade fish into sizes, maintain fish shed by checking health of fish as needed especially while loading customers trucks. Workers will need to ensure tractors and other equipment are fueled and greased properly. Worker should be able to start and drive tractor for use in aeration as well as seining ponds. During spawning season, primarily April, May and June, workers will assist in preparing ponds for spawning, moving and washing hatchery mats and helping in the fish hatchery. General property maintenance will be expected such as bush hogging around levees and open fields, trimming trees with a chain saw, weed-eating, and some building maintenance such as painting and general repairs. Repairing seines and dipnets will be done as needed. Mechanical assistance to maintain tractors and farm vehicles as needed. Workers will be expected to keep equipment clean. Workers should be able to work independently after the job has been mastered. Tractor experience of 1 month is essential. A drivers license is highly desirable. This is a physically demanding job and workers must be able to lift 55 lb buckets of fish, pull seines thru mud and climb up and down pond banks under various temperatures and weather conditions. Worker should be comfortable working in and around water. Workers may be compensated at greater than the H2A rate for length of service and job performance at the discretion of the employer. Workers may work be offered more than the 49 hours per week during peak season and when additional work is available.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Free and convenient kitchen facilities are provided. Workers will be transported to a local grocery store at least weekly to purchase groceries in a 2017 GMC Terraine that seats 5. Anyone driving the work vehicle will have a physical on file and hold a current valid drivers license.
Transport: Transportation and border crossing expenses will be reimbursed on or before the first payday to the extent necessary to insure employees are compensated at least at the minimum wage level set by FLSA at 20 CFR 655. 123(h). The amount of transportation reimbursement will be calculated based on the worker's actual cost but no more than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distance involved. Employees are given the opportunity to choose their means of
Experience wanted: 1 months
1 month tractor driving experience required
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