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　　Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Applicants must have 20days experience with Farm / Irrigation / Livestock work. Applicantshired must be able to obtain a valid driver\'s license as driving onpublic roads may be required. Applicants must be able to lift up to 100pounds. Dates of need are (3/20/2024 10/20/2024) This order is for workin Carey, Idaho area. Job duties may require a split shift such as, 6:00to 10:00 AM and 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Worker will be required to perform avariety of duties related to the production of alfalfa and barley. Themajority of the work activities during the overall contract period,however, will be related to general farm work/irrigation/cropproduction. General Farm Work will include the followingresponsibilities: maintain, drive, attach and operate farmimplements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilizeand harvest crops; make minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farmmachinery; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriaterestrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove rocks from field;paint farm structures; perform general clean up of farm areas; drive,load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in thecourse of performing duties. Irrigation duties will include thefollowing: Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjustfor proper water distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn onpump; turn valves to start flow of water; move pipes through freshlyirrigated crops and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times;lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40 pounds on asustained basis. Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operatecontrols to move lines across fields at specified intervals. Pivots:push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system. Other IrrigationDuties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place inpredetermined patterns in fields; lubricate, adjust, repair and replaceparts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools;disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines afterirrigation season. To meet minimum acceptable performance standards whenirrigating, the worker must, after a 10 day conditioning period, move anaverage of at least 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe or 44 40-footsections of 4-inch pipe per hour under normal working conditions.