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Dates of need are 3/15/2024-11/15/2024 This order is for work in Paul,Idaho area.
Applicant `MUST HAVE` 20 days experience as a general farmworker/irrigator/livestock worker and the name and number of thereference who has firsthand knowledge and can verify the worker\'sexperience.
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to theproduction of beans, grain, hay, potatoes, sugar beets, barley, andcorn. The majority of the work activities during the overall contractperiod, 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 tillsoil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops; make minormechanical adjustments
and repairs on farm machinery; may mix and/or spray chemicals (accordingto appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); removeundesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocksfrom field;
paint/repair/maintain farm structures; perform general clean up of farmareas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrainvehicle in the course of performing duties; transport crops to market.
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; turnvalves to start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes acrossfields at
specified intervals; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/orplowed fields where mud may be deep at times; lift and carry pipesections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a 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, repairand replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using handtools;
observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation anduniform distribution of water; disassemble, service and storepipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season.
Duties related to the Harvesting of Potatoes will include the following:
Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer to: remove rocksfrom rows in front of harvesting equipment; discard diseased/rottingproduct, rocks and foreign matter; alert equipment operator of equipment
clogging/malfunctions; aid operator in correct machine performance