This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2151702
Consultants please conduct a seated interview.
Dates of need are 3/15/2024-11/01/2024 This order is for work in Paul,Idaho area.
Applicant `MUST HAVE` 20 days experience as a general farmworker/irrigator/livestock workerand the name and number of thereference who has first hand knowledge and can verify the workersexperience.
The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period,however, will be related to general farm
work/irrigation/crop production.
General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: 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 spraychemicals (according to appropriate restrictive
use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excess growth fromcrops or farm grounds; remove rocks
from field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repairfencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas;
drive, load/unload trucks; operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrainvehicle in the course of performing duties.
Irrigation duties will include the following:
Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for properwater distribution; attach lines to water
supply; turn on pump; turn valves to start flow of water; disassemblelines and carry pipes across fields at
specified intervals; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/orplowed fields where mud may be deep at
times; lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40 pounds ona sustained basis.
Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move linesacross fields at specified intervals.
Pivots: operate, maintain, and repair system.
Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and layout/place in predetermined patterns in
fields; lubricate, adjust, repair, and replace parts such as sprinklerheads and drive chains using hand tools;
observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation anduniform distribution of water; disassemble,
service, and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season