Farm Laborer
Patrick Zaunbrecher and Sons Farm
📍 Basile, 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-300-26274-273561
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 523-6632
- ✉️ Email: richlynortego@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
In order to be considered for employment under this job order, perspective applicants need to contact employer by phone at (337) 523-6632 between the hours of 8:00 am though 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farm Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26274-273561
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Temporary farmworkers needed for crawfish season. Job duties include daily upkeep along with minor repairs & maintenance to shops, barns, levees and farm roads. Operate & maintain farm equipment. Mow grass, rake, dig ditches & remove debris, trash, brush and weeds, etc. Use of hand tools (shovels, sprayer, hoses, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, knives, etc.). Harvest crawfish, prepare ponds, maintain water levels, walk levees & repair as needed. Build & repair traps. Manually cut up fish bait, set, bait, check, & re-bait crawfish traps, involving frequent stooping & lifting of traps from pond. Operate push & motorized crawfish boats. Grade, wash & sack crawfish for shipment. Load & unload trucks.
Perform extensive physical activities using repetitive body movement for long periods such as to climb, lift up to 70lbs, balance, walk, bend, stretch, twist, kneel, push, pull & handle materials. Possible contact with snakes, alligators, insects, frogs, etc. Able to work outside in inclement weather conditions from exposure to extreme heat to cold & rain. Time may vary due to unforeseen mechanical problems, severe weather conditions decreasing crop availability, or causing early completion to crawfish harvest season.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 70 lb Drug test |
Pre-employment drug screening is not required; however, at no cost to the worker, the employer reserves the right to post-hire (random, reasonable suspension or post-accident) drug screening for all workers throughout employment for job-related reasons such as maintaining workplace safety and preventing accidents.
If conducted, the following apply to the above:
Random screening, if conducted, will be required of all workers and conducted on the same day for all.
Reasonable suspension testing applies if employer observes signs of impairment, unusual or unsafe behavior.
Post-Accident testing applies to employees involved in workplace accidents or incidents causing property or personal injury.
Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage offer for H-2A workers only is $9.14 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Mamou, La) |
| Housing | Directions to housing - From Lafayette take I-10W towards Lake Charles for 20.87 miles, take the LA-13 exit, Exit 80 towards Crowley/Eunice; turn right onto Crowley-Eunice Hwy/LA-13 for 17.7 miles, turn left onto E Maple Ave for .2 miles, turn right onto LA-13N/S CC Duson St (Continue to follow LA-13N) for 5.4 miles, turn left onto LA-374 for about 3 miles, turn right on Archie Rd. |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers can prepare their own meals. Employer will provide transportation to assure worker(s) access to stores where they can purchase groceries and other necessary items. (See Section F. Transportation & Daily Subsistence for details). Cooking and kitchen facilities will have adequate space for food preparation along with necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking utensils and dish-washing facilities that are in working condition. |
| Daily transportation | Employer will provide the vehicles listed in Addendum C to workers for daily transportation use. Employer owns all vehicles used for worker transportation. Employer does not have any employees that do not reside in employer-provided housing. Employer provides fuel and covers all costs associated with repairs or service to this vehicle as needed. |
| Travel to the job | Employer will permit worker(s) to select any means of transportation they choose for travel to and from the employer’s place of employment. Employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges incurred for the distances involved. |
| Pay deductions | Employer will make deductions from workers’ paycheck that are required by law. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26274-273561 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Broussard Poche, LLP |
| Posted | Oct 7, 2026 |