This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2146933 Dates of Need:3/1/2024-11/15/2024. This application encompasses general farm andharvest labor on a row crop farm. All other duties assigned. The liftingrequirement for this position is 60 pounds. The anticipated hours listedrepresent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops,weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, itis the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than thoselisted. 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 numberof hours specified in the job order, or on the workers Sabbath orFederal holidays. Saturday work may be required. Employer-paid drug testis required if a worker has an accident at work. Workday start timesvary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours ofdaylight, and production requirements. Workers must be able to workvarying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers arenotified of any change in the start times. Work may be performed duringrain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidityand in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to workin fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitableclothing for variable weather conditions.

　　Duties may include:

　　- Digging ditch (must be able to use a shovel continuously for anextended period of time)

　　- Digging corrugates (must be able to use a shovel continuously for anextended period of time)

　　- Weeding (Must be able to walk long distances and identify weeds andremove them by hand, knife, or hoe)

　　- Weed Spraying (Identify weeds and be able to measure chemicalsaccurately, must be able to use and operate a spray unit, must be ableto lift a backpack sprayer full of chemical and pack on your back forlong distances, occasional ATV use.)

　　- Building cleaning and repair (Occasional shop organization andcleaning, and organize supplies, sweeping, painting, maintenance)

　　- Grounds Maintenance (Weed, organize, move objects, trash removal,brush removal, tree trimming)

　　- Light Tractor operation and maintenance (Occasional operation ofequipment)

　　- Non-CDL, farm exempt trucks, tractor and farm machinery operation andmaintenance (Identify potential problems and notify management, greaseand maintain truck orderly, valid Driver\'s License.)

　　- Irrigation management (moving and starting siphon tubes, must be ableto bend over and lift and carry 60 lbs.)

　　- Pickup operation (must have a valid driver\'s license, change oil,trap gophers, Identify potential problems and notify management)

　　- Sprinkler Equipment (must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs. overuneven terrain. for multiple hours per day, need to be able to connectand disconnect pipe, repair sprinkler system, flushing pipe, and removesystem).

　　- Drip Equipment (must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs must be able towork around equipment, installation, removal of equipment and drip tapeand repair of drip system)

　　- Moving produce for harvest prep (move onions out of corrugates andaway from the ends to allow for harvest equipment, gather crop that hasbeen left in the field)

　　Onion, onion seed, potato, wheat, seed corn, beans, turnips, sugar beetsand Other

　　Row Crop Harvest:

　　Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying outthe responsibilities related to harvesting and off-loading and binningonions for storage. Will ride on harvester to sort debris from onions,walk rows and fields to move ends back.

　　Sorting, picking up debris, dirt clogs and foreign material from allharvested crops and picking up produce and product from the fields.

　　Onion hand harvest (top onions and sack onions)

　　Onion bin repair and general inspe tion and maintenance of equipment.

　　Assist in set up of harvest and sorting equipment.

　　Binning and unloading onions and removal of foreign objects (must beable to stand for long periods of time).

　　Operate a hyster if qualified or has received training.

　　Irrigation duties

　　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 specifiedintervals,

　　7.Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields wheremud may be deep at times

　　8.Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on asustained basis

　　Flood Irrigation:

　　1.Lift gate inside of flooded irrigation ditch/pipe permitting water toflow into bordered section of field

　　2.Shovel and pack dirt in low spots of embankment of cut trenches inhigh 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 releaseswater flow into reservoir or ditch

　　5.Siphon water from flooded reservoir or ditch to channel water intodesignated areas

　　6.Shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and build embankments toappropriately 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 woodenframeworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates.

　　Pivot Irr