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Dates of Need: 4/10/2024-11/15/2023. Workers will perform general farm duties including irrigation duties for mint, corn, beans, alfalfa, and wheat.\ The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.\ Workers must possess a valid drivers license and be insurable.\ 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.Build, maintain, repair, farm structures\ 7.Replace, repair fencing\ 8.Perform general clean-up of farm areas\ 9.Drive, unload/load semi-trucks\ 10.Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATVs), and/or John Deere Gators, while performing job duties\ 11. Drive company vehicles to transport equipment, crop and workers.

Irrigation Duties:\ Hand Lines\ 1.Connect pipes\ 2.Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution\ 3.Attach lines to water supply\ 4.Prime/Turn on pump\ 5.Turn valves to start flow of water\ 6.Disassemble lines and carry pipes across fields at specified intervals\ 7.Move pipes through freshly irrigated crop and/or plowed fields where mud may be deep at times\ 8.Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on a sustained basis\ 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 water flow\ 3.Close gates in ditch/pipe when bordered section is flooded\ 4.Open gate or connect pipe to underground pipe system that releases water flow into reservoir or ditch\ 5.Siphon water from flooded reservoir or ditch to channel water into designated areas\ 6.Shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and build embankments to appropriately channel water\ 7.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\ 8.Gated pipe installation and removal. Prime gated pipe system. Open and close all gates on gated pipes as irrigation management requires.\ 9.Direct siphon.

Wheel Lines\ 1.Start gasoline engines and operate controls to move lines across fields at specified intervals\ 2.Hook up wheel lines to water supply\ 3.Move wheel lines when needed\ 4.Fix and repair broken wheel lines so that they are in an operational manner\ 5.Fix and repair any water leaks on wheel lines so that they are in an operational manner\ Pivot Irrigation\ 1.Push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system\ 2.Turn on/off pivots\ 3.Learn and master operating a pivot\ 4.If a pivot is stuck, get it unstuck and in operating condition\ 5.Roll up/unroll pivot hoses\ 6.Unplug plugged up nozzles\ 7.Unplug plugged up hoses\ 8.Replace broken nozzles and hoses\ 9.Maintain operation of a pivot at optimum level\ Other Irrigation Duties\ 1.Remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns in fields\ 2.Lubricate, adjust, repair, and replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools\ 3.Observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water\ 4.Disassemble, service, and store pipe/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season\ 5.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 -inch pipe per hour under normal working conditions.\ 6.Operation of center pivot irrigation system. Standard repair and maintenance duties as required such as replacing and maintaining nozzles, hoses, pipes.

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. Employer-paid drug test is required if a worker has an accident at work. Workday start times vary depending on the weather. depending on the time of year, hours of daylight, and production requirements. 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 w