This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2163001 Dates of Need: 3/22/2024-11/30/2024. This is an application for farm workers and laborers for a farm that grows tomatoes, sweet corn, berries, pumpkins, and garden vegetables along with other row and field crops, like triticale. All other duties assigned under this order will be both those duties of Agricultural Equipment Operator and Farm Worker and Laborer Crop, Nursery and Greenhouse.

The employer requires three (3) months of general farm labor and irrigation experience.

Workers that possess a valid drivers license and be insurable may drive vehicles to transport crops, equipment, supplies, and workers.

The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.

General Farm Work will include the following duties:

1.Maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements, tractors, equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops

2.Make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery

3.May mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable)

4.Remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds

5.Remove rocks from fields, edges fields, concrete ditches, etc.

6.Pain, maintain, repair, farm structures

7.Perform general clean-up of farm areas

8.Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATVs), John Deere Gators, in the course of performing duties

9.Operate or maintain equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment, 4-wheelers, pick-ups, trucks, and other commonly used equipment in agriculture.

10.Workers may also clear debris and garbage from fields and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas

11.Load and mix chemicals in addition to operating tractors pulling sprayers and/or operate sprayer

12.Operate tractor and implement to mow weeds on field edges

13.Backpack spray as required and/or operate tractor with spray tank connected to 3-point to spray weeds and/or ground

14.Burn weeds on all properties

15.Pull and/or hoe weeds on all properties

16.Baiting and trapping rodents as required

17.Operate farm trucks, semi-trucks, 10-wheelers trucks, and/or any vehicle to haul corn, alfalfa (hay bales, haylage, green chop) from fields to farm.

Irrigation Duties

Hand Lines

1.Connect pipes

1.Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution

2.Attach lines to water supply

3.Prime/Turn on pump

4.Turn valves to start flow of water

5.Disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals

6.Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times

7.Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on a sustained basis.

The anticipated hours listed represent the normal work schedule. Due to the nature of these crops, weather, and the requirement to send crops to customers when needed, it is the prevailing practice to work more or different hours than those listed

A worker may be offered more than the specified hours of work; however, the worker will not be required to work for more than the number of hours specified in the job order, or on the workers Sabbath or Federal holidays. Saturday work may be required.

Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. There may be periods when little or no work will be available due to weather, time of year, and the requirements of the cropping or growing season. Workers must be able to work varying shifts as required by the season and work performed. Workers are notified of any change in the start times. Work may be performed during rain, light snow, cold, freezing temperatures and/or in high humidity and in temperatures over a 100 degrees F. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions.

Workers job duties may require split shifts (e.g. 5:00 am to 10:00am and 5:00pm to 8:00pm). Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year.

Workers must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the harvest process throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work every day that work is available for the full period of employment. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment.

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper harvest methods and other crop specific issues such as particular grading, sizing or equipment operation.

Flood Irrigation

1.Lift gate inside of flooded irrigation ditch/pipe permitting water to flow into bordered section of field

2.Shovel and pack dirt in low spots of embankment of cut trenches in high areas to direct wa