Fish and seafood processing worker

Aquaculture Worker in Kekaha, HI

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: Aloun Farm, Inc.
Where: Kekaha, HI
Places: 48
Pay: $16 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-05
Ends: 2027-11-04
Filed: 2026-10-23

What the work involves

Aquaculture Worker: Helps with live transfer of juvenile shrimp from nursery to grow out ponds. Siphons and harvests shrimps. Helps in cleaning equipment, weighing and processing boxes, packing shrimps, and changing of water. Helps in feeding shrimps. makes sure feed is spread evenly in the pond. Maintains all aerators in all ponds, fix any aerators that shut down. Prepares ponds prior to stocking. Bottom checks ponds, flushing of ponds, sampling weights for all grow out ponds. Ensure all technical cultivation tasks from preparation to cycle transition. Controls water quality parameters.

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 $2,768 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