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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2172243

Dates of Need: 4/15/2024-10/31/2024. This job includes moving handlines in potato, wheat and alfalfa fields and general farm labor on a row crop farm.\ This position requires 3 months general farm labor and a 60-pound lifting requirement. This position requires a worker to possess a valid drivers license and be insurable to transport crop, equipment and workers. All other duties assigned. Specific Job Requirements:\ Hand lines:\ 1. Connect pipes\ 2. Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution\ 3. Attach lines to water supply\ 4. Turn on pump\ 5. Turn valves to start flow of water\ 6. Disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals,\ 7. Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times\ 8. Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on a sustained basis.

The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed .\ A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required.\ Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. There may be periods when little or no work will be available due to weather, time of year, and the requirements of the cropping or growing season. Workers must be able to work varying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers are notified of any change in the start times. Work may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions.\ Workers job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00pm to 8:00pm). Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year.

Workers must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvest process throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.\ Workers may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so.\ Workers with valid drivers licenses and that are insurable may transport workers, equipment, supplies or crop.\ All work-related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor.\ If light duty work is assigned for a workers compensation injury, the worker will be expected to return to work and perform the light duty work upon advice from a physician and the workers compensation insurance company.\ Employer-paid drug test may be required if a worker has an accident at work.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work every day that work is available for the full period of employment. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment.\ Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demon trate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues such as particular grading, sizing or equipment operation.