Farmworker

H2ajobs; Branch (LA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Free meals

Transportation to groceries and home

Job summary

H2ajobs in Louisiana is seeking a farm worker to operate tractors and other agricultural equipment, and to assist in field operations across crops. The role includes irrigation, drainage, and routine equipment maintenance. You will also perform general maintenance with hand tools and contribute to sanitation and safety on site.

Housing and meals are provided. Transportation to groceries and to the worker's home country when required is arranged by the employer.

Qualifications

• Experience operating tractors and implements is preferred but not required.
• Ability to follow safety and sanitation standards per OSHA.
• Ability to perform physical tasks in outdoor farming conditions.

Responsibilities

• Operate tractors and various implements used in planting, cultivating, harvesting and transport.
• Inspect, repair and perform routine maintenance on farm equipment as needed.
• Perform irrigation activities and drainage tasks across fields and ponds.
• Use hand tools for fencing, repairs and general maintenance around farm facilities.
• Inform farmers or managers about crop progress and field conditions.
• Assist with sanitation, housekeeping and general duties as assigned.

Skills

Farm equipment operation

Hand tools

Tools

Hand tools

Job description

Duties will include operating farm equipment including, but not limited to, tractors with various implements, all-terrain vehicles, sprayers to prepare and maintain land, ponds and grade, wash, fertilize, cultivate, plant, harvest, load, and transport crops; also conduct inspections, repairs and maintenance on farm equipment when required. Use hand tools, such as but not limited to shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, and shears. Participate in irrigation activities such as maintaining, repairing, and operating irrigation equipment, set up and/or maintain a ridge of earth around fields and ponds to maintain an adequate water supply, drain excess water from fields; create openings for drainage overfill; walk each field to check for standing water. Perform sanitation duties that will include removing trash or debris from work areas, farm buildings, and fields; assist in upkeep of sanitation standards required by OSHA such as change potable water quality when necessary; keep hand-washing facilities neat and orderly, clean toilet area of any personal contaminates, and proper disposal of trash or garbage from the facilities. Mow grass around fields and around farm shop locations; dig ditches or channels for drainage or seedlings. Perform minor repairs to farm buildings, or other structures as well as using hand tools to perform maintenance or repairs to fencing around fields, ponds, and farm. Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. All other duties, if assigned, will be duties as per SOC/OES Occupation Code (onetonline.org)

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will at all times provide free kitchen facilities to workers so they may prepare their own meals (e.g., breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc.). The employer will provide transportation, as described in Section F, Item 1 of the ETA-790, to the worker, at no cost, to grocery/market facilities to assure they can purchase groceries and other incidentals. The employer is a fix-site employer and does NOT engage in herding or production of livestock on the range. If at any time the employer DOES PROVIDE meals, it will be FREE of charge.

Transport: Employer will provide or pay for inbound/outbound transportation to and from the workers home country will be an airplane, charter bus, employer-operated vehicle, or other common means depending on the worker's country or State of origin or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. Workers outside the area of intended employment,

Experience wanted: 0 months

Once hired worker may be required to submit to a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. The employer may terminate a worker if a worker: refuses without justified cause to perform work for which the worker was recruited and hired; or commits a serious act of misconduct; or fails, after completing any training to be able to perform all of the tasks described in the job order. If the worker voluntarily abandons employment before the end of the contract period or is terminated for cause, and the employer notifies the SWA, DOL, and USCIS in the case of an H2A worker, the employer will not be responsible for providing or paying for the subsequent transportation and subsistence expenses of that worker, and the worker is not entitled to the three-fourths guarantee.