This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2143659 Dates of Need:
2/28/2024-11/10/2024. Applicants must have 20 days experience with
farm/irrigation work. To meet minimum acceptable performance standards
when irrigating, the worker must, after a 10-day conditioning period,
move an average of at least 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe or 44
40-foot sections of 4-inch pipe per hour under normal working
conditions.
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the
production of potatoes and corn.
The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period,
however, will be related to general farm work/irrigation/crop
production.
General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: make
minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; remove
undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds;
maintain/repair fencing; perform general clean up of farm areas; workers
possessing the proper licensure may be asked to transport other farm
workers.
Irrigation duties will include the following:
Solid Set Pipe: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for
proper water distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn valves to
start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at
specified intervals; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/or
plowed fields where mud may be deep at times; lift and carry pipe
sections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a sustained basis.
Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay
out/place in predetermined patterns in fields; lubricate, adjust, repair
and replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand
tools; observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper
operation and uniform distribution of water; disassemble, service and
store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season.
Instruction, training, and general supervision will be provided by the
farm operator or a designated employee. However, the worker must perform
required duties without close supervision and listen to, understand, and
follow simple instructions of the employer or supervisor. The worker
will be required to return worn out tools, supplies, and equipment
before new ones will be provided. Most duties are performed out of doors
and entail exposure to heat, cold, dust, rain, and other environmental
conditions common in fields, including mosquitoes during certain
seasons. The worker must crouch, bend, and lift and carry items weighing
up 100 pounds in the course of performing required activities.
The worker may be offered work seven days a week, as farm work must be
performed seven days a week. The worker will be required to work the
minimum number of hours indicated in the application. The worker may be
offered more than the specified hours per day, but is only required to
work the hours specified. The worker may be requested, but will not be
required, to work on his/her Sabbath and/or on Federal holidays.
Work hours may vary and there may be periods when little or no work will
be available due to weather, time of year, and the requirements of the
cropping program.