Laborer Aquatic Life
Employer: Wheaton Farms III
Location: Palmetto, LA
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $14.84/hour
Season: Jan 23, 2027 – Oct 25, 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 driven by the worker. 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 the shop are and farm. The workers are employed to collect crawfish that are harvested by driving tractors to launch boats. They also drive the boats when they pull 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. Wash and clean tractors. Work as farm labor to do what is required as workers on the farm, as directed by the farm manager. When crawfish season is over workers will then drive a tractor to help harvest corn and soybeans. They will also start sugar cane planting; driving a tractor and walking behind the cane planter and placing the sugar cane in rows. When the sugar cane is ready, they will be driving a tractor with a harvester to harvest the cane. Workers will also be responsible for cleaning harvest equipment and making
sure it is fueled and ready for the next day. When row crops have been harvested the workers will then be responsible for cleaning all of the equipment and putting the crawfish traps away for the next season.
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 transport workers to the grocery store from the residence.
Transport: The employer wires money to the workers for their per diem and transportation before they leave their 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 and are also wired per diem money to get from the consulate to Opelousas, LA where they are picked up by the
farmer driven to the farm. When the workers leave the farm, they are provided with a bus ticket to transport them back
Experience wanted: 0 months
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