Fish and seafood processing worker

Farmworker, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animal worker in Versailles, KY

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: WinStar Farm LLC
Where: Versailles, KY
Places: 13
Pay: $16.5 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-10
Ends: 2027-11-10
Filed: 2026-10-27

What the work involves

Skill Level 1: Attend to, groom, and care for horses according to instruction. Perform general stable care. Provide horses with water, food, and supplements, as instructed, and administer medications as necessary. Assist in pre-foaling, labor, post-foaling, foal turnout and care, and mare teasing and weaning. Transport horses between stable, grazing, and training areas as directed. Workers may perform other labor incidental to the listed job duties, such as cleaning animal’s quarters, maintenance of farm facilities and equipment, and other similar tasks. Workers will perform job duties according to the instructions and supervisor of the farm manager, horse trainers, riders and other senior staff. Extremely speciﬁc instructions will be given regarding the care of horses, sometimes on a daily basis. Workers will regularly report to their supervisor regarding work instructions/performance. General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. workers may be requested ten (10) hours per day depending on conditions in fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Downtime: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crops or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Workers may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew / rain and should have suitable clothing for conditions which include light rain and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 100 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stoop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment. Be able to lift 50 pounds. One Month Experience

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

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 $2,855 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