Laborer Aquatic Life
Employer: Louisiana Aquaculture Investments
Location: Palmetto, LA
Workers needed: 12
Pay: $14.84/hour
Season: Jan 16, 2027 – Jul 16, 2027
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Prepare traps for crawfish harvest - put bait into the traps and drop them into the ponds from boats. Harvest crawfish by pulling traps out of the water and into the boat. Empty traps into sorters, sort crawfish by size and put into crawfish sacks. Re-bait traps and drop back into the pond. Load crawfish onto trucks for shipping. General farm maintenance, filling vehicles and outboard motors with fuel moving boats and trucks to crawfish ponds on the farm. Cleaning up by shop area and around farm. The workers are employed to collect crawfish that are harvested by driving tractors to launch boats and pulling traps from ponds that contain crawfish. The crawfish are dumped into sorting trays; the traps are are re-baited and dropped back into the pond. Work as farm labor to do what is required as workers on the farm, as directed by the farm manager.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The house where the workers reside is fully equipped with an gas range, oven, microwave and refrigerator. Workers will prepare their own meals. The employer will provide transportation to the workers at no cost to the grocery store from the residence.
Transport: The employer wires money to the workers for their per diem and transportation before they leave home to pay for their transportation
and per diem to the consulate. The workers have a bus ticket waiting for them (paid for by the employer) when they receive their visa.
The workers are also wired per diem money to get from the consulate to Opelousas, LA where they are picked up by the farmer and
driven to the farm. When the workers leave the farm, they are provided with a bus ticket to transport
Experience wanted: 0 months
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