This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2170096
Dates of Need: 5/1/2024-11/10/2024. 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 dirt in low spots of embankment of cut trenches in h gh 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 up 3\" hand lines,
replacing nozzles and sprinklers on hand lines and p