General Farm/irrigation Worker
Employer
23299 Fargo Road (including field/worksite(s) within a 15-mile radius)
Parma, ID 83660
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of onions, wheat, corn, and hops. Most of the work activities
during the overall contract period will be related to general farm work, irrigation and crop production.
Employees will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying out the following responsibilities: Maintain, drive, attach, and
operate farm implements/tractors/equipment/trucks to till and/or disk soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, spray and harvest crops; make mechanical
adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; move hand lines/pipe for irrigation; may mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate
restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); remove undesirable and excess growth from crops, farm grounds; perform general
cleanup/maintenance of farm areas, corrugates, and ditches surrounding fields; drive, load/unload trucks; operate vehicle, motor bike, or allterrain
vehicle in the course of performing duties; drive bus/van from housing to worksite; replace/repair fencing. Assist our main mechanics in
the maintenance shop.
Drip Irrigation: Walk behind tractor to install and lay drip irrigation equipment in fields, move hoses, remove drip irrigation and layflat from fields
prior to harvest; ensure layflat spools correctly when removing from field; maintain/repair drip irrigation; flush lines.
Corn job description: de-tassel corn
Onion job descriptions: Plant onions by walking behind tractors, observe the planter (unclog planter if necessary); weed onions using farm
hand tools to remove weeds from fields; general tool use to build/repair bins; measure/cut wood to proper length; place wood on jigs; nail
using air gun; dump onion bags into bins; operate heister for stacking bins; drive onion truck and haul onion bins.
Onion Harvesting: hand harvest onions; clip ends off onions and toss the tops back in the field; place in bags and lay in field to mature; even
rows for harvest; gather bagged onions from field and transfer onions into bins. Remove unwanted debris from binning line; drive/operate
equipment to stack/organize bins at onion storage; load railcars.
Hop Production: maintain/repair trellis; including replacement of old hop poles and installation of new poles on new ground, fix/replace/install
wire; prepare fields for planting; dig and tamp post holes; lay cement; install poles; line poles; drive/operate equipment to install wire and
poles; put straws out in field to mark where plants will go; plant hop roots/pots; dig/cut hop roots; use compressor to blow dirt away from hop
root; use cutting tool to dig hop roots; divide/bundle hop roots and place in bins; plant/replant/transport roots; attach twine between trellis and
ground; drive stringing cart; ride on farm implement cart, approx. 18 ft. above the ground and hand tie twine to trellis; place metal W clips into
the ground with gun; repair broken/loose twine; dampen twine; break twine bails; stack twine; train vines around twine/string; remove
vines/broken strings/ weeds and excess debris from growing hop plants; haul hop poles and hop trellis tear out.
Special Requirements
NONE.