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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

14

Job Duties:

This job requires planting and harvesting oysters through the aquaculture/farming operation. Oysters grow during late spring, summer and early fall months, when water temperatures are above about 50 degrees F. Larvae are purchased from a hatcher and"set" or "struck" onto sand-sized particles of ground oyster shell (cultch). Spat on shell is the process of setting larvae on shells in large setting tanks. Silos are loaded in the tanks with shell, setting larvae in the tanks with no river water only air for two days, then turn on the river water so they can get food to grow. After 7-14 days drain the tanks and plant the tanks on our grounds. The process take places in a downweller, or a tank of circulated and aerated water containing a "sieve" with a mesh size of about 100 microns, or small enough to retain both the larvae and the cultch. Water is circulated into the top of the "sieve" so that it flows down through the mesh, and back into the tank. After few days small amounts of local water containing phytoplankton are added to provide food. After about a week the cultch and attached oysters are transferred to upweller silos, or buckets with plastic mesh on the bottom. Water is forced up through the mesh and the bed of oysters and out the top of the bucket to provide food. Workers will cultivate, grow and harvest oysters, through the cultivation process; wash seed oysters by hand with hose, grade oysters on shacking tables or graders, place juvenile oysters in floats or cages for deployment in the water. Workers will remove/harvest, mature oysters. Wash, visually inspect, count, pack refrigerate and prepare oysters for sale for pick up or local delivery. Redeploy any oysters not ready for harvest back in water; clean, repair, build and maintain equipment (cages, floats, upweller, silos, trays and other equipment). Cleaning all cage floats and upweller silos of fouling by pressure-washing and hand scrubbing. Workers will be expected to perform all the duties required with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will assist with facility/equipment maintenance and sanitation. Shellfish Farm Laborers are responsible for performing manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will be on boats deploying cages , flipping cages and setting 60? pole anchors to run long lines. Shellfish Farm Laborers will be expected to perform all of the duties with accuracy and efficiency. Workers will assist with facility/equipment maintenance. Must exercise independent judgment; may be asked to demonstrate tasks to other workers, but position does not include supervisory responsibilities. All oysters are grown and harvested by the farmer, and on the farm leases. Employer has a strict prohibition on tobacco usage. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in any of the company buildings or near the doors or entrances to any of the company buildings, near combustible engines, such as outboards, pressure washers, pay loaders or by any fuel storage areas, on the barge or in any of the outside work areas. This is necessary to protect against disease, which is transmitted by hands and tools contaminated with tobacco by-products. Workers must be able to lift 65 pounds to a height of 5 feet over the course of the workday. Work may also include mechanized work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include pressure washers, tractor, forklift, 21-28' boat, pallet jacks, and oyster graders.

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Number of Hours Per Week:

42

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Lowcountry Oyster Company

Location:

Green Pond, SC 29446

Worksite

Address:

15833 Bennetts Point Rd, Green Pond, SC 29446

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25006-596006

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/15/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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