Farm and agricultural worker

General Farmworkers in Mamou, LA

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: Travis Vidrine Crawfish
Where: Mamou, LA
Places: 5
Pay: $10.42 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-15
Filed: 2026-11-03

What the work involves

Work includes: Help repair and maintain farm equipment, shop, fields, levees, and farm roads. Cleaning & treating of the seed rice for planting, driving tractors and general maintenance of rice bins. Workers will also assist in rice drying operation including; upkeep, sweeping, shoveling rice, spreading rice in bins, cleaning up rice spills, levelling bins and unloading/loading rice trucks. Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, baiting of traps; operate motorized & push crawfish boats; load & unload Crawfish on trucks, frequent stooping and lifting traps from pond, repair traps as needed, lifting requirement of 40 lbs., repetitive movements & working outside in inclement weather conditions. All tools, supplies & equipment provided at no cost to workers. Housing provided on the premises at no cost. Transportation & subsistence expenses to the worksite will be paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Employees may make above hourly wage and or receive bonuses based on work performance and experience, may be subject to random drug screen paid by employer upon hire or if suspicions arise--this is a drug free work zone. Must have legal authority to work within the U.S.

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 $1,803 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