Farmworker
Frey Crawfish Farms, LLC
📍 Ville Platte, LA · Evangeline Parish
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26260-241053
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 457-5100
- ✉️ Email: freydirtservice@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Call Employer at (337) 457-5100 to apply for position during the hours of 8:00am - 4:00pm; Monday - Friday. If no answer, please leave a message.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farmworker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26260-241053
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crawfishing; place crawfish trap stakes in the pond; set out crawfish traps; remove crawfish traps and stakes; stock crawfish ponds; manually cutting up fish bait, baiting traps; operating motorized and push crawfish boats, crawfishing involves removing traps from the pond, emptying crawfish onto sorting tray in boat, sorting crawfish and removing foreign matter then placing crawfish into sacks; traps are re-baited and put back into pond; frequent stooping and lifting traps from pond; repair crawfish traps as needed; weigh and tag crawfish; wash and grade crawfish; load crawfish in trucks to deliver to markets/customers; load and unload trucks. Fertilize, spot spray weeds, spraying to maintain vegetation; Monitor field water levels and field water maintenance; Cleaning and treating of the seed rice for planting; Driving a tractor, prepare crawfish ponds; plow fields, planting green rice crop; upkeep of worksites, including mowing grass, weed eating, gathering and removing of debris and litter, weed/pest control; Helping repair and maintain farm equipment, shop, fields, levees, farm roads, fences and worksites.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 40 lb |
Job involves frequent stooping and exposure to extreme temps must be able to lift and carry sufficient weight to lift, carry and move equipment and material necessary to complete assigned tasks. The Employer will rely on workers' own representations and observations of workers to assess if the workers meet this qualification.
Schedule includes one unpaid lunch hour.
Base hours offered is 35 hours/week offered; Additional hours are usually offered during plentiful season and may include an additional 10-40 hours of overtime work depending on the nature of the season.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 A.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | Minimum wage offer for H-2A workers only is $9.14/ hour. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Ville Platte, La) |
| Housing | Four Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms |
| Meals | Employer will provide cooking and kitchen facilities, housing, housing utilities, as well as transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and other necessary items. |
| Daily transportation | Free transportation by truck will be provided from the employer-provided housing location to the worksite and return each day. For workers residing in employer-provided housing only, employer provides, at no cost to workers, daily transportation to and from the worksite from the employer-provided housing. Use of employer-provided housing and transportation is voluntary. Workers who decline employer-provided housing are responsible for own daily transportation to work each day. |
| Travel to the job | The Employer will provide or pay in advance for transportation, and related daily subsistence, for charter bus services, or other modes of transportation to workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose, and reimburse those workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved for both inbound (to the place of employment to the place from which the worker departed) travel. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make all deductions from pay required by law. Taxes will be deducted if applicable under Federal, State, and local laws. Any money advances made to employee by employer may be deducted from paycheck. Reasonable repayment for cost of intentional damages to property of employer may be deducted from paycheck. Workers must pre-authorize any voluntary deductions, if applicable. All deductions will comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and applicable state law. No deductions will be made which will bring the employee's hourly wage below the Federal Minimum Wage. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26260-241053 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Danielle Toups Young Attorney At Law, L.L.C. |
| Posted | Oct 6, 2026 |