Irrigation Worker
Employer
2121 West 33 North (fields within a 10-mile radius)
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of hay, barley, wheat, potatoes and cattle.
The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to irrigation.
Irrigation duties will include the following:
Hand lines: connect pipes; attach lines to water supply; 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; observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water.
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.
General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment; remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; perform general cleanup of farm areas; operate motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; herd and/or brand livestock; discard diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter.
Special Requirements
Applicants must have 20 days experience with irrigation work. 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.