Farm worker / Aquacultural

Phillip M. Heinen; Rayne (LA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to town

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers for a farm labor role in Louisiana, focusing on rice, crawfish, and soybean crops. Tasks include tractor operation, field prep, water maintenance, planting, fertilizing and harvesting.

Workers may perform manual shovel work, weed hoeing, treatments, and levée checks. Crawfish trapping and transport duties are also required, with lifting up to 50 lbs and outdoor work in varying weather.

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Operate tractors and assist with field preparation, planting, fertilizing, harvesting and water maintenance.
• Perform manual tasks such as shoveling, hoeing weeds, trap checks and transferring harvests to containers and sacks.
• Inspect and repair equipment and fences, lift up to 50 lbs, and work outdoors in varying weather.
• Assist with crawfish traps, baiting and checking traps and transporting sacks to trucks.

Job description

Workers needed for rice, crawfish and soybean farm. Work includes tractor driving, field preparation, water maintenance, fertilizing, planting and harvesting of crops. Field preparation includes manual shovel work and manually hoeing weeds, spot spraying of treatments and general farm labor. General farm labor includes walking levees to check for water leaks and manually shovel to repair breaches (16%). Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, baiting and checking traps and maintaining fields. Checking traps involves walking in water to lift trap, empty crawfish into a floating container then re-bait trap, then pull floating container to next trap (75%). 25% of crawfish traps are checked with a motorized boat. At the end of a levee the crawfish are transferred from the floating container into a sack with 50 lb +/- in each sack. Later the sacks are manually loaded on a motorized ATV and brought to a pick-up truck. All transfers are manually done. Workers must Grade and wash crawfish for shipment, make and repair traps as needed. All tools furnished. Worker must be able to lift/carry 50lbs. Monday - Friday, some Saturday/Sunday, OT varies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray and related chemicals, etc. may affect worker's ability to perform job. Repair and maintain equipment - i.e. crawfish traps that are bent or crushed need to be re-molded by hand to their original shape, (3%). Help repair and maintain bins. Bins also require transfer and level of crop by use of a shovel; also pull moisture samples daily by climbing into the top of bin and use of a probe. Repair fences – walk and check for broken post and wire. If post needs to be replaced, then remove and replace by digging hole manually with a posthole digger. Repair wire with a come along to stretch and nail with hammer and nails, (3%). Harvesting rice and soybeans - individual is required to climb on top of transport truck and level grain; the filled truck is covered with a tarp, (3%). Employer may require drug testing upon - post hire, random, upon suspicion or post-accident, at no cost the employee. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. Job involves stooping, lifting and working outside in inclement weather conditions. All tools necessary for job are provided.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that entitled workers may prepare their own meals. In addition, employer will provide entitled workers with transportation to town so that the workers may purchase supplies and for banking purposes. The use of this employer provided weekly transportation is voluntary and no worker is required to utilize the services offered by the employer. The kitchen facilities may be shared. Employer will also provide cooking, food preparation and serving utensils along with housing and utilities to workers who are unable to return to their place or residence the same day, at no cost to workers. Should employer utilize rental and/or public accommodations, employer attests that such housing will be in compliance with all local, state or federal housing safety standards. All rental housing charges will be paid for by employer directly to owner/operator of accommodations.

Transport: Transportation expenses and related daily subsistence, inbound and outbound, will be reimbursed and/or paid to workers, for reasonable costs incurred, who complete 5O% of the work contract. Continued in Addendum C

Experience wanted: 3 months

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