General Farm/irrigation Worker
Employer
4050 Topaz Park Road (including fields/worksites in Nevada and California within a 30-mile radius)
Gardnerville, NV 89410
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of alfalfa, garlic, and grass hay. 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; remove undesirable and excess growth from row crops by hand; remove rocks from fields.
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.
Duties related to the Harvesting of Garlic will include the following:
Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer to: remove rocks from rows in front of harvesting equipment; move hand lines from rows in front of harvesting equipment; hand pick garlic from the ground and place harvested garlic in carts.
Special Requirements
Applicants must have 20 days experience with farm/harvest/irrigation work and provide the contact information of at least one reference who can verify experience and performance. 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.