This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2149970 Dates of need are03/07/2024 to 11/1/2024. This order is for work in the Ashton, Idahoarea. 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. 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 grain, hay and potatoes.The majority 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; make minor mechanicaladjustments and repairs on farm machinery; 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. Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes fromstorage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns in fields;lubricate, adjust, repair and replace parts such as sprinkler heads anddrive chains using hand tools; observe revolving sprinklers and adjustto ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water;disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines after irrigation 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 tothe Cutting/Sorting of Seed Potatoes will include the following: Willapply techniques as instructed by the employer to cut and sort potatoesby: using knife to cut potato into sections; place potatoes on machinethat cuts potatoes into sections; push button to start machinery; tend/monitor machine to insure proper movement of product; discarddiseased/rotting/inferior product and foreign matter; reportmalfunctions; general cleanup. 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. Must be able to lift 100 poundsat times.