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Idaho Department of Labor General Farm/Irrigation Worker in Weston, Idaho
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2233514
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of potatoes, dry beans, wheat, corn, alfalfa, and peas.\ The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to crop production.\ 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 pump; turn valves to start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry 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.\ 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.\ Other Duties as Assigned: operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; workers possessing the proper licensure may be asked to transport other farm workers.\ Duties related to the Cutting/Sorting of Seed Potatoes will include the following: Will assist manager to adjust machine correctly to help cut potatoes correctly; tend/ monitor machine to insure proper\ movement of product; discard diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter; report malfunctions; general cleanup with a shovel and wheelbarrow or large farm equipment, and load potatoes into\ trucks; sew 50 lb. bags shut; lift and place potato bags onto pallets; transfer bags from pallets to cellar; stack bags in cellar; operate scooper or piler.\ Duties related to the Harvesting of Potatoes will include the following: Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer to: remove rocks from rows in front of harvesting equipment; discard\ diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter; run piler equipment; set up facilities for proper potato storage; operate clean up equipment; move and adjust cellar equipment as needed; aid operator\ in correct machine performance; alert equipment operator of equipment clogging/malfunction