Examples of Jobs
| Sponsor | Positions Available | Pay Rate/Hr | Housing Cost/Wk | Start Date | End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
SPIRIT |
Park Attendant |
$8.5 |
$98.00 |
May 20 |
Sept 7 |
PA |
|
SPIRIT |
Housekeeping |
$10.00 |
$40.00 |
May 20 |
Sept 7 |
CA |
|
CHI |
Cook |
$10.00 |
$98.00 |
June 01 |
Sept 7 |
PA |
|
CHI |
Restaurant Worker |
$8.75 |
$75.00 |
May 20 |
Sept 7 |
CA |
|
CCI |
Housekeeping |
$9.00 |
$40.00 |
June 01 |
Sept 7 |
CA |
|
CCI |
Server |
$10.21 |
$98.00 |
May 18 |
Sept 7 |
PA |
J-1 Prohibited Jobs
The Department of State prohibits J-1 Summer Work Travel participants from working:
- In positions that could bring notoriety or disrepute to the Exchange Visitor Program;
- In sales positions that require participants to purchase inventory that they must sell in order to support themselves;
- In domestic help positions in private homes (e.g., child care, elder care, gardener, chauffeur);
- As pedicab or rolling chair drivers or operators;
- As operators or drivers of vehicles or vessels for which drivers’ licenses are required regardless of whether they carry passengers or not;
- In positions related to clinical care that involves patient contact;
- In positions requiring work hours that fall predominantly between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am;
- In any position in the adult entertainment industry (including, but not limited to jobs with escort services, adult book/video stores, and strip clubs);
- In positions declared hazardous to youth by the Secretary of Labor at Subpart E of 29 CFR part 570;
- In positions that require sustained physical contact with other people and/or adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions guidelines (e.g., body piercing, tattooing, massage, manicure);
- In positions that are substantially commission-based and thus do not guarantee that participants will be paid minimum wage in accordance with federal and state standards;
- In positions involved in gaming and gambling that include direct participation in wagering and/or betting;
- In positions in chemical pest control, warehousing, catalogue/online order distribution centers;
- In positions with traveling fairs or itinerant concessionaires;
- In jobs that do not allow participants to work alongside U.S. citizens and interact regularly with U.S. citizens and to experience U.S. culture during the workday portion of their Summer Work Travel programs;
- With employers that fill non-seasonal or non-temporary job openings with exchange visitors with staggered vacation schedules;
- In positions that require licensing;
- In positions with staffing agencies, unless the placements meet the following three criteria:
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- Participants must be employees of and paid by the staffing agencies
- Staffing agencies must provide full-time, primary, on-site supervision of the participants
- Staffing agencies must effectively control the work sites, e.g., have hands-on management responsibility for the participants
- After November 1, 2012: Occupational categories in NAICS Goods-Producing Industries: Industry sectors: 11, 21, 23, 31-33. For more information, visit: http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag_index_naics.htm