Construction worker

Farmworker/Laborer in Star City, AR

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: Don Glasscock Farms L.L.C.
Where: Star City, AR
Places: 1
Pay: $14.83 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-11
Ends: 2027-11-10
Filed: 2026-10-28

What the work involves

Worker will manually plant, transplant, weed, thin, cultivate, prune and harvest rice, beans, pumpkins, and watermelon crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, long handle hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, trimming and cut stalks/vines with sharp instruments such as knives and shears. Workers will walk fields on uneven ground and may operate tractors. In addition, workers may be required to perform variable tasks relating to crop production such as hauling, ground preparation, applying pesticides, field packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences, equipment and farm buildings, cleaning and other tasks related to general farming. Workers may participate in irrigation activities such as water management and water drainage/ field prep and repair of equipment. Worker must have 2 months of verifiable experience in general farming, operating 100hp tractors or greater. Workers must be able to lift 50 lbs and be able to communicate without line of sight.

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.

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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 $2,566 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