This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2401633
Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Dates of need are
9/1/2025-10/31/2025. This order is for work in Rupert, Idaho area.
Applicant MUST HAVE 20 days experience as a general farm
worker/irrigator/livestock worker and the name and number of the
reference who has first hand knowledge and can verify the workers
experience. Job duties may require a shift spanning two calendar days
due to crop demands. Worker will be required to perform a variety of
duties related to the production of potatoes, sugar beets, corn, hay,
wheat, and barley. 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; 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/maintain farm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform
general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks;
husk/shell/de-tassel corn; operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain
vehicle in the course of performing duties; transport crops to market.
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. Pivots: operate, maintain and repair system. Other
Irrigation Duties: repair/maintain all irrigation related equipment;
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. 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 Cutting/Sorting
of Seed Potatoes will include the following: Will apply techniques as
instructed by the employer to: place potatoes on machine that cuts
potatoes into sections; tend/monitor machine to insure proper movement
of product; general cleanup. 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; alert equipment operator of equipment clogging/malfunctions;
aid operator in correct machine performance; set cellar pipes in storage
for harvest and remove once storage is empty; clean cellar pipe.
