Carpenter and joiner

Carpenter Helpers in St. Anthony, Iowa

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Integrity Builders & Supply, Inc.
Where: St. Anthony, Iowa
Places: 10
Pay: $15.66 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-09-10
Ends: 2026-12-10
Filed: 2026-07-28

What the work involves

On farms, as carpenter-helpers, assist carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment. Duties include cleaning work areas, machines, or equipment to maintain a clean and safe job site. Fasten components together with glue, clamps, screws, bolts, nuts, pegs, or nails and install hardware. Select tools, equipment or materials from storage and transport items to work site. Drill holes and cut timbers, lumber or paneling to specified dimensions. Position and hold lumber or paneling in place for fastening or cutting. Align, straighten, plumb or square forms for installation. Hold plumb bobs, sighting rods or other equipment to aid in tie layout and establishing reference points and lines. Erect scaffolding, shoring or braces. Construct forms and assist in raising them to the required elevation. Install handrails under the direction of a carpenter. Smooth or sand surfaces to remove ridges, tool marks, glue or caulking. Secure stakes to grids for construction of footings, nail scabs to footing forms and place, vibrate and float concrete. Cut and install insulating or sound absorbing material. Must be able to lift and carry 75lbs/75yds and work in temperature extremes. One month of livestock/poultry building framing required.

How to apply

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,709 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification