This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2316123
Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Dates of need are
03/24/2025-11/24/2025. This order is for work in Rupert, Gooding County,
Elmore County, and Twin Falls County, Idaho area. Applicant `MUST
HAVE` 20 days experience as a general farm worker/irrigator/livestock
worker and the name and number of the reference who has first hand
knowledge and can verify the workers experience. Worker will be required
to perform a variety of duties related to the production of alfalfa,
beans, corn, grain, potatoes and sugar beets. The majority of the work
activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related
to agricultural equipment operation. General Farm Work will include the
following: maintain, drive, attach and operate farm
implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize
and harvest crops; make minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm
machinery; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate
restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excess
growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks and/or foreign material
from field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repair
fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload
trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of
performing duties. Irrigation duties will include the following: Hand
lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for proper
water distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn on pump; 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. Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move
lines across fields at specified intervals. Pivots: operate, maintain
and repair system. 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. 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 Will
apply techniques as instructed by the employer to cut and sort potatoes
by: using knife to cut potato into sections; discard
diseased/rotting/inferior product and foreign matter; report
malfunctions; general cleanup.