Construction worker

Farmworkers/Laborers in Walker, IA

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: Ward Family Farms LLC
Where: Walker, IA
Places: 2
Pay: $14.96 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-12-16
Ends: 2027-03-02
Filed: 2026-10-30

What the work involves

Perform winter-specific work on a grain farm during the cold-weather months. Duties include snow and ice removal from farm lanes, field access points, driveways, equipment yards, and building entrances using tractors, skid loaders, snowplows, snow blowers, shovels, and other equipment. Maintain safe access during winter weather and protect farm equipment and property from freezing and cold-weather damage. Remove previously harvested corn and soybeans from temporary grain storage bags located in farm fields during the winter months. Operate grain bag unloaders, augers, tractors, and related equipment to transfer grain from the bags into trucks. Prepare, inspect, service, and maintain tractors, trucks, grain trailers, grain-bag unloading equipment, skid loaders, and snow-removal equipment used in winter operations. Duties include checking batteries, antifreeze, fluids, tires, and electrical systems; lubricating and cleaning equipment; and performing routine cold-weather maintenance and repairs. Work is performed in cold temperatures, snow, ice, wind, and other winter conditions and is separate from planting, growing, and harvesting crops. Must be able to lift and carry 75lbs for 75yds, obtain a US Driver’s License and work in cold weather doing manual labor.

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 $2,588 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