General Farm/irrigation Worker
Employer
13140A NE Kuehne Rd. (including sites within a 10-mile radius)
Carlton, OR 97111
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of wheat, grass seed, red clover, crimson clover, hay, straw, vetch, and filberts. 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 by hand and/or with tools; spot spray with 5 gallon backpacks; remove rocks, trees, and branches from fields; cut, split, and stack wood; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; lay out poison to eliminate mice and slugs; plant/prune/care for filberts and run machinery in the orchards.
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 and Echo Irrigation Guns: operate, maintain and repair system.
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.
Special Requirements
Applicants must have 1 month of experience with farm/irrigation work. Workers must be able to lift items such as farm implements and
irrigation equipment weighing up to 100 pounds.