Wool Grader
Fairchild Shearing LLC
📍 Buhl, ID · Twin Falls County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26288-304222
- 📞 Phone: +1 (208) 543-5531
- ✉️ Email: sheepshearing@msn.com
Employer instructions
The DOL Job Service will refer applicants to Fairchild Shearing LLC, at phone 208-543-5531, Monday thru Friday, 8am-4pm. The applicant will speak wither to Vernon or Terri Fairchild. Hiring will be done over the phone and confirmed upon receipt of at least 1 reference from a recent employer.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Wool Grader (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26288-304222
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Workers will examine and sort fleece according to quality. Will estimate the weight of the fleece after processing. Separate locks of fleece and examine fibers for length, elasticity and color to determine quality. Examine fleece to determine presence of manure, straw, stains and moisture. Place fleece in containers and mark wool grade on containers according to government standards and quality. Will also set up grading tables and containers prior to shearing and pack up grading tables and containers upon completion of shearing for everything is ready to move to the next job site. Fleeces must be continually moving away from shearers so they can be kept separate, as they must be graded and examined individually. It is important that the wool graders and the sheep shearers work in cooperation with each other for the proper handling of the wool.
Staggered dates of need:
2 wool graders with a start date of 12/27/2026
3 wool graders with a start date of 02/05/2027
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
One reference from a recent employer
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Other |
| Pay details | AEWR rate guaranteed $19.97/CA, $16.83/ID & UT & WY, $17.84/NV, $19.82/OR & WA |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Buhl, Id) |
| Meals | Employer will provide free cooking/kitchen facilities in mobile trailer units so workers can prepare their own meals. Also, free transportation to stores so workers can purchase their groceries at least every 5-7 days. |
| Daily transportation | Mobile trailer units are transported to each work site. Daily transportation is not needed for workers who live in employer provided housing. |
| Travel to the job | Employer will reimburse the worker the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of work upon completion of 50% of the work contract period. Employer will pay the cost of return transportation and subsistence to the worker upon completion of the work contract period. For many years now, I have purchased roundtrip tickets of our workers. Therefore, reimbursement of transportation is not necessary. Records of purchases are available if request. |
| Pay deductions | Social Security, Federal and State State tax will not be withheld for work done in Nevada, Washington and Wyoming, unless requested by worker Draws/Advances, if any will be deducted Tools, other than employer provided tools (grading table sand fleece containers) will be deducted Travel/Medical Insurance, if requested by worker will be deducted Employer guarantees to pay the higher of the Federal, State and AEWR |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26288-304222 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products (45-2041.00) |
| Posted | Nov 6, 2026 |