This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2139654 Dates of Need:
2/10/2024-11/25/2024. Workers must have at least 3 months general farm
labor experience. This application encompasses field work and labor for
growing onions, wheat, corn, sugar beets, dried peas, hops and
maintaining a farm and certain job duties during harvest. All other
duties assigned. 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. When the number of hours
for a week exceeds the number listed, the worker may be offered, but not
required, to work more hours. Saturday work may be required. 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. 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 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
must have at least 3 months general farm labor experience. The lifting
requirement is 60 pounds. 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, supplies. equipment or crop.
All work-related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew
leader, foreman, or supervisor. Employer-paid drug test is required if a
worker has an accident at work. 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. 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 demonstrate proper
harvest methods and other crop specific issues such as particular
grading and or sizing.
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
Flood Irrigation
1. Lift gate inside of flooded irrigation ditch/pipe permitting water
to flow into bordered section of field
2. Shovel and pack di t in low spots of embankment of cut trenches in
high areas to direct water flow
3. Close gates in ditch/pipe when bordered section is flooded
4. Open gate or connect pipe to underground pipe system that releases
water flow into reservoir or ditch
5. Siphon water from flooded reservoir or ditch to channel water into
designated areas
6. Shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and build embankments to
appropriately channel water
7. Mix and apply proper solutions to fill holes/cracks in pipes,
ditches, and spillways, and make minor repairs to metal, concrete, and
wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates.
Drip Irrigation
Workers will lay drip tape and remove drip tape in fields during the
growing season. They will inspect, monitor, and repair drip system
daily.
Other Irrigation Duties
1.Remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in
predetermined patterns in fields
2.Lubricate, adjust, repair, and replace parts such as sprinkler heads
and drive chains using hand tools
3.Observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and
uniform distribution of water
4.Disassemble, service, and store pipe/mainlines/wheel lines after
irrigation season
5.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 per hour under normal working
conditions
6.Other Irrigation Duties: Repairing and maintaining pivot drop hoses,
laying out and picking