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DS Double K LLC General Farm/Irrigation Worker in DILLON, Montana
Workers will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of canola, wheat, barley, alfalfa, and hay. The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however,
will be related to general farm work and irrigation.
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; 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 the field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; maintain/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload farm trucks; operate vehicles,
motorbike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; transport crops to market; workers possessing the proper licensure may be asked to transport other farm workers.
Irrigation duties will include the following: Hand lines: connecting pipes; checking alignment of pipe and adjusting for proper water distribution; attaching lines to water supply; turning on pump; turning valves to start the flow of water; disassembling lines and carrying pipes
across fields at specified intervals; 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.
Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move lines across fields at specified intervals.
Pivots: Operate, maintain, and repair the system.
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
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.