Crawfish Laborer
St. Mary Seafood, Inc.
📍 Franklin, LA · St. Mary Parish
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26289-306115
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 923-7607
- ✉️ Email: stmaryseafood@gmail.com
Employer instructions
Contact Daniel Edgar by phone at (337) 923-7607 or by email (stmaryseafood@gmail.com) during normal business hours, 7am-4pm, Monday through Friday in order to apply for the position.
✉️ 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 Crawfish Laborer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26289-306115
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crawfishing involves manually cutting up fish bait, boxing bait, baiting traps, operating motorized/pushing crawfish boats, traps are removed from the pond, crawfish are emptied onto tray, sorted, and placed into sacks; traps are re-baited and put back into pond, stock crawfish ponds; set out and pick up crawfish traps; remove trash and other matter from harvested crawfish; 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. Help repair and maintain farm equipment, shop, fields, levees, and farm roads, water maintenance. Cleaning and treating of the seed rice for planting; Drive tractor, prepare fields for flooding/crawfish, plow fields, planting rice crop.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 50 lb |
None.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Minimum wage offer for H-2A workers only is $9.14/ hour when housing is provided by employer. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Franklin, La) |
| Housing | Housing will be clean. Workers will be responsible for maintaining housing in a neat, clean manner. Reasonable repair cost of damage, other than that caused by normal wear and tear, may be charged to workers found to have been responsible for damage to housing or furnishings. |
| 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 | Daily transportation of workers from employer-provided housing to the worksite will be provided at the start and end of each workday by a company vehicle, i.e. one of the following company pickup trucks listed below, at no cost to workers. |
| Travel to the job | Transportation & related daily subsistence will be provided by the employer or paid by the employer to the worker for reasonable costs incurred for inbound & outbound travel. Employer will provide or pay for charter bus services or other modes of transportation to groups of H-2A or U.S. workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose & reimburse workers at no less than the most economical & reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. |
| 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. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26289-306115 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Nov 3, 2026 |