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Shellfish Farm Laborer
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 7
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 50
- Wage: 18 USD / Hour
- OFLC Certification: ACCEPTED - PENDING RECRUITMENT
- Start date: 08/24/2026
- End date: 12/14/2026
- Process date: 07/14/2026 21:00:00
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
Crops/Commodities: Oyster and Shellfish. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Shellfish Farm Laborers are responsible for performing manual as well as mechanized activities with accuracy and efficiency. Shellfish Farm Laborers assist with the following tasks related to aquaculture/farming operation: cultivating, growing and harvesting oysters and clams (“shellfish”), through a four-part cultivation process; wash seed shellfish by hand with hose, assist with grading on shaking tables or graders, place juvenile shellfish in floats or cages for deployment in the water; when oysters mature and are ready for harvest, remove shellfish, grade by hand, wash and prepare for sale for pick up or local delivery and redeploy any shellfish not ready for market back in water; assist with cleaning, repairing and maintaining equipment (floats, trays and others). 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. 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, in worker housing, 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. Smoking is only allowed at break in the designated smoking area or in an employee's car (not company car). Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found smoking in non-designated areas. Workers must be able to work on their feet in bent positions, stoop, reach and kneel for long periods of time. Work is to be done for long periods of time. Workers are exposed to ALL KINDS OF WEATHER; wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop operations. Must be able to work in excessive humidity and temperatures ranging from 30 degrees to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Shellfish Farm Laborers must be comfortable working in or on the water or in mud and from boats/barges, performing farm activities on stationary and moving vessels, operating in various weather conditions as stated above. Workers should be in good physical health and physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Workers must be able to lift 65 pounds to a height of 5 feet over the course of the workday. Must be able to count to 500. Work may also include mechanized work using power equipment. By way of example and not limitation power equipment may include pressure washers, hydraulic lifts, pallet jacks, clam/oyster graders, and skid loaders. Workers will be expected to be able to operate equipment with or without direction. Employer-paid post-hire drug and alcohol testing required upon reasonable suspicion of use. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. PTO & Benefits: Raises and/or bonuses may be offered to all employees, at the company's sole discretion, based on individual factors including work performance, skill, and tenure. The company recognizes 7 paid holidays: New Years, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and one “floating day”. Employees are not eligible for holiday pay during unpaid absences from work. Being a Shellfish Farm Laborer and working on a farm does not allow all employees to take each company holiday off.