Farm Worker Laborer
Heepke Farms Inc.
📍 Edwardsville, IL · Madison County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26231-180169
- 📞 Phone: +1 (618) 977-6835
- ✉️ Email: dbheepke@aol.com
Employer instructions
Heepke Farms will send job offers and attempt to locate by telephone former employees who are US workers and have worked here before. Heepke Farms is filing a job order with the Illinois State Work Force Agency and as part of this filing is attempting to recruit US workers locally, statewide and interstate. Applications can be initiated by calling 1-618-977-6835. Calls will be answered 8:00 am- 4:00 pm Monday- Saturday.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Farm Worker Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26231-180169
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Job Duties: Positions available for farm workers involving horseradish harvest, sorting/trimming and planting. Applicants must be physically able to stand for long periods while using their hands to trim, sort and snap horseradish roots. Applicants must be able to immediately comprehend and execute directions from supervisors on how to remove dirt, select planting stock, remove leaves and foreign material, grade and cull horseradish roots. Applicants must be willing to work as group with other employees on a continuous process line to optimize productivity. Applicants cannot be under the influence of any illegal or legal substances causing impairment of mental focus or physical abilities. Applicants/Employees may be drug tested, at expense of employer, if substance use causing impairment is suspected. Tasks will vary by season and will require work inside and outside during hot and cold weather. Planting horseradish will require exposure to outside work environment and ability to sit for long periods of time while using hands to individualize and place planting stock into planting mechanism. Additional indoor and outdoor tasks may include hand weeding of crops, assisting with on farm maintenance projects and miscellaneous farm tasks.
Deberes del trabajo: Puestos disponibles para trabajadores agrícolas que involucran la cosecha de rábano picante, clasificación/recorte y plantación. Los solicitantes deben ser físicamente capaces de permanecer de pie durante largos períodos mientras usan sus manos para recortar, clasificar y cortar las raíces del rábano picante. Los solicitantes deben ser capaces de comprender y ejecutar de inmediato las instrucciones de los supervisores sobre cómo eliminar la suciedad, seleccionar el material de plantación, eliminar las hojas y el material extraño, calificar y cortar las raíces del rábano picante. Los solicitantes deben estar dispuestos a trabajar en grupo con otros empleados en una línea de proceso continuo para optimizar la productividad. Los solicitantes no pueden estar bajo la influencia de sustancias ilegales o legales que causen deterioro de la concentración mental o las habilidades físicas. Los solicitantes/empleados pueden hacerse pruebas de drogas, a expensas del empleador, si se sospecha que el uso de sustancias causa deterioro. Las tareas variarán según la temporada y requerirán trabajo dentro y fuera durante el clima cálido y frío. La plantación de rábano picante requerirá exposición al entorno de trabajo exterior y la capacidad de sentarse durante largos períodos de tiempo mientras se utilizan las manos para individualizar y colocar el material de plantación en el mecanismo de plantación. Las tareas adicionales en interiores y exteriores pueden incluir el deshierbe manual de los cultivos, la asistencia con los proyectos de mantenimiento de la granja y las tareas agrícolas diversas.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 80 lb |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | $15.00/hour per state minimum wage requirement for Level I skilled H2A worker with housing provided |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Edwardsville, Il) |
| Meals | Heepke Farms will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will provide transportation, once a week to assure that workers have access to stores where they can purchase supplies and groceries. Workers will only cook in the kitchen facilities. Heepke Farms proporcionará instalaciones de cocina y cocina gratuitas y convenientes para que los trabajadores puedan preparar sus propias comidas. El empleador proporcionará transporte, una vez a la semana, para garantizar que los trabajadores tengan acceso a las tiendas donde Pueden comprar suministros y comestibles. Los trabajadores solo cocinarán en las instalaciones de la cocina. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will transport the workers from the housing location (at no cost to the worker) to the worksite in 15 passenger Transit van owned by Heepke Farms. |
| Travel to the job | The employer will not advance any monies to any worker before he arrives at the worksite, but the employer agrees to reimburse the worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence ($16.78) per day with $68.00 maximum per day as required) and all other costs from the workers home to the worksite upon completion of 50% of the contract. Workers will provide the employer receipts of all costs; any cost in Mexican currency will be converted at the current exchange rate in American dollars. The e |
| Pay deductions | The employer offers the current Guaranteed Adverse Effective Wage Rate for the state of Illinois at the time of work activities, which today is $15.00 per state minimum wage requirement, the employer will make NO deductions from the H2A foreign worker. Worker referred thru the SWA office and any US workers will have all taxes, including but not limited to, FICA, State and Federal Taxes deducted from their pay checks. The employer will offer, advertise in its recruitment, and pay a wage that is the highest of the AEWR, the prevailing hourly wage or piece rate, the agreed-upon collective bargaining wage, or the Federal or State minimum wage at the time the work is performed. El empleador ofrece la tasa salarial efectiva adversa garantizada actual para el estado de Illinois en el momento de las actividades laborales, que hoy en día es de 15,00 dólares por requisito de salario mínimo estatal, el empleador NO hará deducciones del trabajador extranjero H2A. El trabajador referido |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26231-180169 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Ray Wilcoxson Inc. |
| Posted | Aug 24, 2026 |