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Idaho Employer General Farmworker in BUHL, Idaho
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2306819
Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Applicants must have 20 days experience with Farm / Irrigation / Livestock work. Applicants hired must be able to obtain a valid driver\'s license as driving on public roads may be required. Applicants must be able to lift up to 100 pounds. Dates of need are (3/1/2025 11/15/2025). This order is for work in Buhl, Idaho area. Job duties may require a split shift. Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of sugar beets, corn, wheat, barley, hay, straw, and livestock. The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, 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 till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops; pick crops up by hand and put in rows, wagons or trucks; make minor mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field; paint/repair farm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform general clean-up of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties. Irrigation duties will include the following: Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn on/off pump; turn valves to start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals; lift pipe on trailers for transport, take off trailers to reconnect or store pipe; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times; lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a sustained basis. Pivots: push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system; maintain and repair as needed. Flood Irrigation: clean moss and weeds from gates; mix and apply proper solutions to fill holes/cracks in pipes, ditches, and spillways, and make minor repairs to metal, concrete, and wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates. Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns in fields; lubricate, adjust, repair and replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools; observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water; disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season; dig out underground pipes for repair; repair and maintain mainline; change water valves on mainline. To meet minimum acceptable performance standards when irrigating, the worker must, after a 10 day conditioning period, move an average of at least 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe or 44 40-foot sections of 4-inch pipe per hour under normal working conditions. Duties related to the production of livestock will include the following: mix feed/additives and feed/water livestock; hoist/stack bales of hay onto wagon/truck.