Farm Construction Worker/Laborer

H2ajobs; Highmore (SD); On-site; USD 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to stores (voluntary)

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers for on-site construction labor across several sites in South Dakota. You will perform physical tasks, assist craft workers, operate basic tools, and help prepare sites for building agriculture structures.

Employees will be provided housing and meals; transportation to stores may be arranged, and on-site travel between jobs is expected due to scattered locations. Housing, meals, and limited subsistence support are part of the offer.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Willingness to travel to multiple job sites.

Responsibilities

• Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites.
• May operate hand and power tools of all types as needed.
• Help clean and prepare sites, set braces, and erect scaffolding.
• Assist other craft workers and support building agriculture structures.
• Travel to job sites throughout the area of intended employment.

Skills

Physical labor

Lifting 50 lbs

Tools handling

Job description

Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: Air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare site, sig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers. Workers will build agriculture buildings such as grain elevators and pole barns. Employees will be traveling to the jobsites throughout the area of intended employment. Due to the sparsely populated nature of South Dakota this type of travel is customary. Workers will only build agriculture buildings on a farm for a farmer, which is considered secondary agriculture and meets the requirements for H-2A workers. Please see ETA 790 Addendum for additional detail/specifics.

• Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

• Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals.
• Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and/or other incidentals.

• If free and convenient kitchen facilities become unavailable for any reason, the employer will provide three (3) meals a day for which it will charge individual workers, by payroll deduction, no more than the daily permitted amount as provided in 20 CFR 655.173, which is $16.78 according to Federal Register Vol. 91, No. 66, Tuesday, April 7, 2026, and which may be increased during the period of this employment.

• Transport: Employer will either arrange for inbound and outbound transportation via a charter bus service for the worker, or if the worker prefers to arrange their own transportation, Employer will reimburse the worker at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved as well as for the related daily subsistence costs while the worker is traveling. Please see Work Term 1 of 12 for more detailed Inbound/Outbound Transportation arrangements.

Experience wanted: 0 months

Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds.

• Post-employment drug test paid for by employer when applicable.