Laborer Aquatic Life
Wheaton Farms III
📍 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-300-26313-351614
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 351-1748
- ✉️ Email: jameswheaton305@gmail.com
Employer instructions
A job order is placed with the local state workforce agency. Applicants may reach Andrew Wheaton (owner) at 337-351-1748 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-300-26313-351614
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 driven by the worker. 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 the shop are and farm. The workers are employed to collect crawfish that are harvested by driving tractors to launch boats. They also drive the boats when they pull 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. Wash and clean tractors. Work as farm labor to do what is required as workers on the farm, as directed by the farm manager. When crawfish season is over workers will then drive a tractor to help harvest corn and soybeans. They will also start sugar cane planting; driving a tractor and walking behind the cane planter and placing the sugar cane in rows. When the sugar cane is ready, they will be driving a tractor with a harvester to harvest the cane. Workers will also be responsible for cleaning harvest equipment and making sure it is fueled and ready for the next day. When row crops have been harvested the workers will then be responsible for cleaning all of the equipment and putting the crawfish traps away for the next season.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
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| 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 transport workers to the grocery store from the residence. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will transport the workers between the housing and the job site in a Chevrolet Suburban that seats seven. The employer will drive them to the job site in the morning and return them to the housing in the afternoon. The transportation is provided by the employer at no cost to the employees. The vehicle has seating for seven and will be also be used for the employer to drive the workers 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 their 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 and are also wired per diem money to get from the consulate to Opelousas, LA where they are picked up by the farmer driven to the farm. When the workers leave the farm, they are provided with a bus ticket to transport them back |
| Pay deductions | All deductions as required by law and other deductions include loans that are given to the employees if the need money before their first paycheck. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26313-351614 |
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| Posted | Nov 9, 2026 |