General Farmworkers
Percy J Fontenot Inc
📍 Ville Platte, 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-300-26314-353202
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 363-4877
- ✉️ Email: lorib@percyinc.com
Employer instructions
Contact Doug Fruge at the number and/or email below, during normal business hours, 8am - 5p.m Monday-Friday, in order to obtain an application for employment or schedule 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 General Farmworkers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26314-353202
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
General farm worker needed for crawfish and rice. Help repair and maintain farm equipment, shop, fields, levees, and farm roads. Rice to include field prep, water maintenance, drive tractor, planting and harvesting of rice. Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, baiting of traps; repair traps as needed; operate crawfish boat, frequent stooping and lifting traps; load & unload crawfish, lifting requirement of 40 lbs., repetitive movements and working outside in inclement weather conditions. Housing provided on the premises at no cost. Tools, equipment & supplies provided at no cost. Transportation & subsistence expenses to the worksite will be paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Employees may make above hourly wage and or receive bonuses based on work performance and experience, may be subject to random drug screen paid by employer upon hire or if suspicions arise--this is a drug free work zone. Must have legal authority to work within the United States.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 40 lb Drug test |
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
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| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | The employer is offering H2A Worker (s) an AEWR of $9.14 per hour. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Ville Platte, La) |
| Housing | I-10W, to 51.6 miles, merge onto I-49N via exit 103B toward Opelousas. Go 40.2 miles, then take the LA-29 exit, exit 40, towards Ville Platte; turn left onto LA-29 S, go 3.1 miles, turn right on Rue de Cotton, go to end of road, turn right onto LA-1171, which turns into Cazan Lake Rd., go until pavement ends. |
| Meals | Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers have access to stores where they can purchase groceries. |
| Daily transportation | Employer agrees to provide transportation between housing provided or secured by the employer and the employer’s worksite(s) at no cost to the worker. 20 CFR 655.122(h)(3) . A 2015 Chevy 2500 cap. of 6 will be providing transportation at the beginning of each workday and back at the end of each workday for all employees. Daily transportation at no cost to workers is also available to workers who do not reside in employer-provided housing. 20 CFR 655.122(h)(3) |
| Travel to the job | The 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 and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved to and from the place of employment. |
| Pay deductions | will make all deductions from the wages of U.S workers' paychecks as required by law |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26314-353202 |
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| Posted | Nov 10, 2026 |