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　　Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Dates of need are3/15/2024-11/1/2024. This order is for work in Burley, Idaho area.Applicant `MUST HAVE` 20 days experience as a general farmworker/irrigator/livestock worker and the name and number of thereference who has first hand knowledge and can verify the workersexperience. Worker will be required to perform a variety of dutiesrelated to the production of potatoes, sugar beets and grain. 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, fertilize,and 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 undesirable and excessgrowth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field;paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repair fencing; performgeneral cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operatevehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performingduties. Irrigation duties will include the following: Hand lines:connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for proper waterdistribution; attach lines to water supply; turn on pump; turn valves tostart flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields atspecified 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. Wheellines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move lines acrossfields at specified intervals. Other Irrigation Duties: removepipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predeterminedpatterns in fields; lubricate, adjust, repair, and replace parts such assprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools; observe revolvingsprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniformdistribution of water; disassemble, service, and storepipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season. To meet minimumacceptable performance standards when irrigating, the worker must, aftera 10-day conditioning period, move an average of at least 48 40-footsections of 3-inch pipe or 44 40-foot sections of 4-inch pipe per hourunder normal working conditions. Duties related to the Packing ofProduce will include the following: Will apply techniques as instructedby the employer to: sort produce according to grade, color and size;discard diseased/rotting/inferior product and foreign matter; cleanuparound conveyors and worksite; place produce in containers or ondesignated conveyors. Duties related to the Harvesting of Potatoes willinclude the following: Will apply techniques as instructed by theemployer to: remove rocks from rows in front of harvesting equipment;discard diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter; alertequipment operator of equipment clogging/malfunctions; aid operator incorrect machine performance.