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General Farm/Irrigation Worker-March 2024
Pingree
Mar 30, 2025
About General Farm/Irrigation Worker

  This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2153049 Worker will be requiredto perform a variety of duties related to the production of wheat,barley, and hay.

  The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period,however, will be related to general farm work/irrigation/cropproduction.

  General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: maintain,drive, attach, and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to tillsoil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest crops; make minormechanical

  adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; may mix and/or spraychemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/ifapplicable); remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farmgrounds; remove

  rocks from field; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive,load/unload farm trucks and Ag exempt, non-CDL 10-wheel trucks; operatevehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performingduties; transport

  crops from field to storage and/or market; workers possessing the properlicensure may be asked to transport other farm workers.

  Irrigation duties will include the following:

  Hand lines: connect pipes; check alignment of pipe and adjust for properwater distribution; attach lines to water supply; turn on pump; turnvalves to start flow of water; disassemble lines and carry pipes acrossfields at

  specified intervals; move pipes through freshly irrigated crops and/orplowed fields where mud may be deep at times; lift and carry pipesections weighing approximately 40 pounds on a sustained basis.

  Wheel lines: start gasoline engines and operate controls to move linesacross fields at specified intervals.

  Pivots: operate, maintain and repair system.

  Flood Irrigation: lift gate in side of flooded irrigation ditch/pipepermitting water to flow into bordered section of field; shovel and packdirt in low spots of embankment or cut trenches in high areas to directwater flow; close

  gate in ditch/pipe when bordered section is flooded; open gate orconnect pipe to underground pipe system that releases water flow intoreservoir or ditch; siphon water from flooded reservoir or ditch tochannel water into

  designated areas; shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and buildembankments to appropriately channel water; mix and apply propersolutions to fill holes/cracks in pipes, ditches, and spillways, andmake minor repairs

  to metal, concrete, and wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves andgates.

  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 usinghand tools;

  observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation anduniform distribution of water; disassemble, service, and storepipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season; dig to access andrepair irrigation

  systems

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