Farm Worker / Aquacultural
Phillip M. Heinen
📍 Rayne, LA · Acadia Parish
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26269-263033
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 581-6619
- ✉️ Email: cactus_flower_bloom@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Contact employer, Monday Friday, 9:00 am 4:00 pm. Referrals from the State Workforce Agencies or individual applicants who arrive at the place of employment commonly referred to as walk ins or gate hires and from other sources will be accepted until 50% of the contract period has elapsed from the application start date. Applicants may call employer during normal business hours at the number listed on the ETA 790, part II and ask to speak with Phillip M. Heinen. It will be the responsibility of the referring SWA office to thoroughly familiarize and inform job seekers of the job specifications, terms and conditions of this clearance order before a referral is made. Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred. Interview may be performed, either in person or by telephone. If several applicants are to be referred at one time, it is suggested to contact employer in advance to schedule a time and date. It is requested that SWA give each referral a copy of the clearance order ETA 790 along with all attachments or at a minimum, a summary of wages, working conditions and other specifications. Workers must meet all of the following criteria: a) Available and ready to work for the entire season, b) Fully apprised and aware of the terms and conditions of employment, c) Legally entitled to work in the US, worker must be able to provide documentation required to enable employer to comply with the US employment verification requirements. Employers must receive the accurate and complete I-9 within (3) days of employment according to US law, d). Able, willing and qualified to perform offered, at the wage offered.
Workers hired pursuant to the job offer from within normal commuting distance will not be provided housing, subsistence or transportation. The actual employment offer is at the sole discretion of the employer. Order holding office: Louisiana Department of Labor, Foreign Labor, Certification Unit, P.O. Box 94094, (1001 N. 23rd Street, 3rd Floor Annex), Baton Rouge, LA 70804, Phone (225) 342-7632 or
Fax (225) 342-3367.
REFERRAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicant or State Workforce Agency Representative should contact concerning employment Phillip M. Heinen, 179 Candy Lane, Rayne, LA 70578, PH# (337) 581-6619 Monday Friday 9:00 am 4:00 pm. Applicants, Workforce Agency Personnel, Walk-ins, Gate Hires, etc. may call for an interview during normal business hours at the number listed on the ETA 790.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farm Worker / Aquacultural (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26269-263033
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Workers needed for rice, crawfish and soybean farm. Work includes tractor driving, field preparation, water maintenance, fertilizing, planting and harvesting of crops. Field preparation includes manual shovel work and manually hoeing weeds, spot spraying of treatments and general farm labor. General farm labor includes walking levees to check for water leaks and manually shovel to repair breaches (16%). Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, baiting and checking traps and maintaining fields. Checking traps involves walking in water to lift trap, empty crawfish into a floating container then re-bait trap, then pull floating container to next trap (75%). 25% of crawfish traps are checked with a motorized boat. At the end of a levee the crawfish are transferred from the floating container into a sack with 50 lb +/- in each sack. Later the sacks are manually loaded on a motorized ATV and brought to a pick-up truck. All transfers are manually done. Workers must Grade and wash crawfish for shipment, make and repair traps as needed. All tools furnished. Worker must be able to lift/carry 50lbs. Monday - Friday, some Saturday/Sunday, OT varies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray and related chemicals, etc. may affect worker's ability to perform job. Repair and maintain equipment - i.e. crawfish traps that are bent or crushed need to be re-molded by hand to their original shape, (3%). Help repair and maintain bins. Bins also require transfer and level of crop by use of a shovel; also pull moisture samples daily by climbing into the top of bin and use of a probe. Repair fences – walk and check for broken post and wire. If post needs to be replaced, then remove and replace by digging hole manually with a posthole digger. Repair wire with a come along to stretch and nail with hammer and nails, (3%). Harvesting rice and soybeans - individual is required to climb on top of transport truck and level grain; the filled truck is covered with a tarp, (3%). Employer may require drug testing upon - post hire, random, upon suspicion or post-accident, at no cost the employee. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. Job involves stooping, lifting and working outside in inclement weather conditions. All tools necessary for job are provided.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:30 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Rayne, La) |
| Housing | 12' x 60' single wide mobile home. Housing will be clean and meet applicable Federal Housing Standards. Workers will be responsible for maintaining housing in a neat, clean manner. Reasonable repair cost of damage, other than caused by normal wear and tear, will be deducted from the earnings of workers found to have been responsible for damage to housing or furnishings. Housing and utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to their place of residence the same day. |
| Meals | Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that entitled workers may prepare their own meals. In addition, employer will provide entitled workers with transportation to town so that the workers may purchase supplies and for banking purposes. The use of this employer provided weekly transportation is voluntary and no worker is required to utilize the services offered by the employer. The kitchen facilities may be shared. Employer will also provide cooking, food preparation and serving utensils along with housing and utilities to workers who are unable to return to their place or residence the same day, at no cost to workers. Should employer utilize rental and/or public accommodations, employer attests that such housing will be in compliance with all local, state or federal housing safety standards. All rental housing charges will be paid for by employer directly to owner/operator of accommodations. |
| Daily transportation | Worker will have access to employer provided pickup trucks for use to drive between living quarters and place of employment. Employer will also be available to transport worker if necessary. There will be no cost to the worker. In addition, employer will provide entitled worker with transportation to town so that the worker may purchase supplies and for banking purposes. Continued in Addendum C |
| Travel to the job | Transportation expenses and related daily subsistence, inbound and outbound, will be reimbursed and/or paid to workers, for reasonable costs incurred, who complete 5O% of the work contract. Continued in Addendum C |
| Pay deductions | Deductions: Social Security, Federal Tax and State Tax. Other deductions: Willful destruction of property. No deductions will be made which would bring the employee’s hourly wage below the state's adverse effect wage rate requirement. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26269-263033 |
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| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Posted | Oct 2, 2026 |