Construction worker

FARM LABORER in CROSSETT, 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: MATTHEW TOWNLEY
Where: CROSSETT, AR
Places: 16
Pay: $13.95 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-08-30
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

Workers will erect and maintain hothouses, fill plant boxes with HECO, planting seeds in plant boxes, transplanting plants into cups, watering plants in the hot houses, help spreading fertilizer, help prepare the fields, help laying plastic, drip ine, layflat and hooking up all irrigation implements, plant plants in the fields, stick, prune and tie plants, hand pick and/or processing tomatoes which includes but not limted to: grading, packing, stacking boxes, picking up culls, etc, cleaning packing facilities, picking buckets, crates, etc. Some tractor driving may be required. Drug tests may be performed post-hire at no cost to the workers to ensure worker safety and to keep in compliance with workers compensation guidelines. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination. All workers must be physically able to perform all duties. All work and safety rules but be followed.

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 $2,413 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