This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2190575
Dates of Need: 6/1/2024-11/15/2024. Worker will be required to perform a
variety of duties related to the production of onions, wheat, corn,
sugar beets and hops. Most of the work activities during the overall
contract period will be related to general farm work, irrigation and
crop production.\
Employees will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when
carrying out the following responsibilities: maintain, drive, attach,
and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment/trucks to till and/or
disk soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, spray and harvest crops; make
mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; move hand
lines/pipe for irrigation; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to
appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove
undesirable and excess growth from crops, farm grounds; perform general
cleanup/maintenance of farm areas, corrugates, and ditches surrounding
fields; drive, load/unload farm trucks and Ag exempt, non CDL
semi/10-wheel trucks; transport crops to onsite storage facilities;
operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of
performing duties; maintain/repair fencing. Assist our main mechanics in
the maintenance shop; workers possessing the proper licensure may be
asked to transport other farm workers.\
Drip Irrigation: walk behind tractor to install and lay drip irrigation
equipment in fields, move hoses, remove drip irrigation and layflat from
fields prior to harvest; ensure layflat spools correctly when removing
from field; maintain/repair drip irrigation; flush lines.\
Corn job description: de-tassel corn.\
Onion job descriptions: plant onions by walking behind tractors, observe
the planter (unclog planter if necessary); weed onions using farm hand
tools to remove weeds from fields; general tool use to build/repair
bins; measure/cut wood to proper length; place wood on jigs; nail using
air gun; dump onion bags into bins; operate heister for stacking bins;
drive onion truck and haul onion bins.\
Onion Harvesting: hand harvest onions; clip ends off onions and toss the
tops back in the field; place in bags and lay in field to mature; even
rows for harvest; gather bagged onions from field and transfer onions
into bins. Remove unwanted debris from binning line; drive/operate
equipment to stack/organize bins at onion storage.
Hop Production: maintain/repair trellis; including replacement of old
hop poles and installation of new poles on new ground,
fix/replace/install wire; prepare fields for planting; dig and tamp post
holes; lay cement; install poles; line poles; drive/operate equipment to
install wire and poles; put straws out in field to mark where plants
will go; plant hop roots/pots; dig/cut hop roots; use compressor to blow
dirt away from hop root; use cutting tool to dig hop roots;
divide/bundle hop roots and place in bins; plant/replant/transport
roots; attach twine between trellis and ground; drive stringing cart;
ride on farm implement cart, approx. 18 ft. above the ground and hand
tie twine to trellis; place metal W clips into the ground with gun;
repair broken/loose twine; dampen twine; break twine bails; stack twine;
train vines around twine/string; remove vines/broken strings/ weeds and
excess debris from growing hop plants; haul hop poles and hop trellis
tear out.\
Hop Harvest: operate top cutter/bottom cutter; load/drive farm trucks
from fields to hop facilities; pick up vines left behind, cut vines with
machete and load into farm trucks; unload farm trucks at stationary
picking machine; grab/lift/place vines on hooks that transfer the vines
from truck beds to picking apparatus; clean hop debris from work site;
oversee picker program as a computer operator who checks the belts, vine
transfers, and trash; operate valves on machinery to regulate vines
coming down rack; regulate flow of vines into picker; sweep/clean hop
debris from machines and work areas; monitor moisture content of hops in
dyer facility; assist main dryer work, operate/maintain/adjust dryer
controls, temperature, and air flow; transport conveyors; move dry hops
from dryer to baler once drying is complete, report/record specific
information for hop drying quality; push dried hops onto belt to baler,
compress/bale hops; sew ends of hop bale. Maintain, adjust and repair
machinery; transport baled hops to customers in the area.
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 to 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, however, to
work the minimum number of hours indicated in Section A / Item 6. The
worker may be offered more than the specified hou