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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

3

Job Duties:

Gen worker for corn, cattle, hay, pasture, rice, ryegrass, soybean, and sugarcane farm. Field prep includes operating farm equip, tractor drawn machinery and self propelled machinery, used to plow, till, harrow, apply fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides to crops, plant, cultivate and harvest of crops by hand or machine, drive combines, tractors/rice carts to cut/haul rice to bins for drying, clean, shovel/level rice bins, manual shovel work/hoeing of weeds, spot spray treatments, water maintenance, and gen farm labor. Load and unload. Cut sugarcane with machetes into segments, load wagons with sugarcane stalks. May work in groups to hand plant sugarcane in furrows while walking/following moving wagon. Workers must reach and pull to remove precut stalks from trailer, while bending and/or stooping, place, straighten and plant sugarcane pieces. Pickup dropped sugarcane in fields. Cleaning drains with shovel, walk fields, check for standing water, manually plant, cultivate, transplant and harvest as required. Use of hand tools such as machetes, hoes, knives, shovels, tampers, and trowels. Clean and load harvested crops, unload trucks, haul to bins, dryer or mill. In September once cane harvest begins work schedule may be adjusted, as assigned by the mill, May operate motorized crawfish boat and/or walk/push boat. Crawfishing involves manually cutting up of fish bait, set traps, bait, check traps. Grade, may purge, wash, sack, and ice crawfish for shipment, make and repair traps as needed. Pickup/deliver crawfish as required. May deliver crop to coolers/market. Manually clean and repair fence. Hauling/feeding/hay, assist in calving, clean stalls, water/feed, assist with gates, count heads/brand. Help repair/maintain barn, bins, (climb 6-50 ft ladders) buildings, cattle, corrals, equip, all farm, mechanical and vehicles (and change oil, filters, and gas), farm, fences, fields, irrigation, levees, pastures, ponds, properties, roads, shed, shop, and water troughs. Worker must be able to lift/carry 70 lbs. M-F, some Sat/Sun, work in excess of 40 hours may vary. Employees may be compensated above the stated hourly wage, this decision to pay above the prevailing hourly wage will be made by the employer, basing this decision on factors that include the individual recipient's performance/work history. Allergies to ragweed/goldenrod/insect spray/related chemicals/pesticides, etc. may affect workers’ ability to perform the job. Employer may require post hire/random/upon suspicion/or post-accident drug testing, all at no cost to employee. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate term from employment. Job includes stooping, lifting/working outside in inclement weather. Must have 3 mo exp in similar position.

Job Classification:

45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Please see attached continued for B.6.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

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

Employer Information

Company Name:

Stephen Kyle Quebodeaux

Location:

Opeloussas, LA 70570

Worksite

Address:

171 Texas Eastern Road, Opelousas, LA 70570

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26015-563214

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

2/2/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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