Farmworker
Employer: Z Farms, L.L.C.
Location: Jennings, LA
Workers needed: 14
Pay: $10.42/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Temporary, seasonal workers needed for crawfish/rice farm. Crawfishing duties include crawfishing in boats, catching crawfish, performing crawfishing duties in fields; manually cutting up fish bait, baiting and checking traps, grading and washing crawfish for shipment; making repairs to traps as needed. Following crawfish season, work in rice fields, including harvesting in the fall; job duties include tractor, equipment and truck driving; field prep, water maintenance; fertilize, plant and harvest crops; manual shovel work, hoe weeds; spot spray; repair and maintain bins, equip., farm and fences; maintain field levees, roads and shop; load and unload trucks; all tools furnished, job involves frequent stooping; exposure to extreme temps. Must be able to lift and carry sufficient weight to move equipment and crawfish sacks necessary to complete assigned tasks. The Employer will rely on workers own representations and observations of workers to assess if the workers meet this qualification. Random drug screening upon hire, paid for by Employer.
Base hours offered is 40 hours offered; overtime hours are usually offered during plentiful season and may include an additional 10-40 hours of overtime work depending on the nature of the season; higher wage be paid based on experience. One unpaid lunch hour.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will provide cooking and kitchen facilities, housing, housing utilities, as well as transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and other necessary items.
El empleador proporcionara la cocina y cocina, la vivienda, los servicios publicos de vivienda, asr coma el transporte para asegurar el acceso a los trabajadores a las tiendas donde se pueden comprar alimentos y otros artrculos necesarios.
Transport: The Employer will provide or pay in advance for transportation, and related daily subsistence, for charter bus services, or other modes of transportation to workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose, and reimburse those workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound and outbound travel.
Experience wanted: 1 months
Job involves frequent stooping and exposure to extreme temps must be able to lift and carry sufficient weight to lift, carry and move
equipment and material necessary to complete assigned tasks. The Employer will rely on workers' own representations and
observations of workers to assess if the workers meet this qualification.
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