This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2153333 Dates of need are03/15/2024 to 11/15/2024. This order is for work in the Idaho Falls,Idaho area. Applicant must have 3 months experience as a general farmworker/irrigator/livestock worker and the name and number of thereference who has first-hand knowledge and can verify the worker\'sexperience. Job Specifications: Job duties may require a split and/orevening shift due to crop demands. Worker will be required to perform avariety of duties related to the production of potatoes 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 undesirable and excessgrowth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field; paint/repairfarm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farmareas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrainvehicle in the course of performing duties. Irrigation duties willinclude the following: Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment ofpipe and adjust for proper water distribution; attach lines to watersupply; turn on pump; turn valves to start flow of water; disassemblelines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals; move pipesthrough 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. Wheel lines: start gasoline engines andoperate controls to move lines across fields at specified intervals.Flood Irrigation: shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and buildembankments to appropriately channel water. Other Irrigation Duties:remove pipes/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 Harvesting ofPotatoes will include the following: Will apply techniques as instructedby the employer to: remove rocks from rows in front of harvestingequipment; discard diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter;alert equipment operator of equipment clogging/malfunctions; aidoperator in correct machine performance.