Laborer Aquatic Life
Louisiana Aquaculture Investments
📍 Palmetto, LA · St. Landry Parish
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26306-336906
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 945-4263
- ✉️ Email: leighann@jbhanks.com
Employer instructions
A job order is placed with the local state workforce agency. Applicants may reach Chris Higginbotham (farm manager) at 337-945-4263 between the hours of 8:00 and 5:00 Monday thru Thursday to arrange for an interview.
✉️ 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 Laborer Aquatic Life (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26306-336906
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Prepare traps for crawfish harvest - put bait into the traps and drop them into the ponds from boats. Harvest crawfish by pulling traps out of the water and into the boat. Empty traps into sorters, sort crawfish by size and put into crawfish sacks. Re-bait traps and drop back into the pond. Load crawfish onto trucks for shipping. General farm maintenance, filling vehicles and outboard motors with fuel moving boats and trucks to crawfish ponds on the farm. Cleaning up by shop area and around farm. The workers are employed to collect crawfish that are harvested by driving tractors to launch boats and pulling traps from ponds that contain crawfish. The crawfish are dumped into sorting trays; the traps are are re-baited and dropped back into the pond. Work as farm labor to do what is required as workers on the farm, as directed by the farm manager.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 75 lb |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
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| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Palmetto, La) |
| Meals | The house where the workers reside is fully equipped with an gas range, oven, microwave and refrigerator. Workers will prepare their own meals. The employer will provide transportation to the workers at no cost to the grocery store from the residence. |
| Daily transportation | Employees will have use of one employer owned Dodge van for transportation between the housing and the job site. The employees will drive to the job site in the morning and return to the housing in the afternoon. The vehicle is provided by the employer at no cost to the employees. The vehicle has seating for 15 and will be also be used for the workers to drive to and from the grocery store or for other personal errands each week. |
| Travel to the job | The employer wires money to the workers for their per diem and transportation before they leave home to pay for their transportation and per diem to the consulate. The workers have a bus ticket waiting for them (paid for by the employer) when they receive their visa. The workers are also wired per diem money to get from the consulate to Opelousas, LA where they are picked up by the farmer and driven to the farm. When the workers leave the farm, they are provided with a bus ticket to transport |
| Pay deductions | All deductions as required by law and other deductions include loans that are given to the employees if they need money before their paycheck. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26306-336906 |
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| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Posted | Nov 2, 2026 |