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　　Seasonal Position from 3/22/2024 - 10/15/2024

　　Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to theproduction of wheat, hay, corn, pasture, and cattle. The majority of thework activities during the overall contract period, however, will berelated to irrigation.

　　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 (according to appropriaterestrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excessgrowth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field;paint/repair/maintain/dismantle/rebuild farm

　　structures; replace/repair/build fencing; perform general cleanup offarm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; cover/uncover hay stacks (tarp);operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course ofperforming 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/or plowed fields where mud may bedeep at times; lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40pounds on a sustained basis.

　　Pivots: operate, maintain, and repair system.

　　Flood Irrigation: lift gate in side of flooded irrigation ditch/pipepermitting water to flow into bordered section of field; shovel and packdirt in low spots of embankment or cut trenches in high areas to directwater flow; close gate in ditch/pipe when

　　bordered section is flooded; open gate or connect pipe to undergroundpipe system that releases water flow into reservoir or ditch; siphonwater from flooded reservoir or ditch to channel water into designatedareas; shovel or hoe soil to clear

　　ditches/furrows and build embankments to appropriately channel water;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.

　　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 sprinkler heads and drive chains usinghand tools; observe revolving sprinklers and

　　adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water;disassemble, service, and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines afterirrigation season.

　　To meet minimum acceptable performance standards when irrigating, theworker must, after a 10-day conditioning period, move an average of atleast 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe or 44 40-foot sections of4-inch pipe per hour under normal working

　　conditions.

　　Duties related to the production of livestock will include thefollowing: check physical characteristics, observe general condition oflivestock and apply the appropriate care; examine animals to detectillness/injury/disease, rate of weight gain or to

　　determine offspring delivery time; assist in delivery; apply oradminister medications, vaccines and/or insecticides; mix feed/additivesand feed/water livestock; place mineral blocks; drive equipment tohaul/distribute feed/water; herd livestock; confine

　　livestock in stalls; dock, castrate, brand, clip/tag and clamplivestock; clean/disinfect livestock stalls/corrals/sheds; maintainrecords on animals; hoist/stack bales of hay onto wagon/truck.