General Farmworker
Employer
486 Industrial Road (including fields/worksites within a 35-mile radius)
Weiser, ID 83672
United States
Job description
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of potatoes, sugar beets, onions, barley, wheat, alfalfa, triticale, and corn.
The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to general farm work.
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; remove rocks from field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; replace/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; operate vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties.
Equipment Operation:
Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers; Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions;
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery; Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment; adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions; attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools; load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks; Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; Communicate by use of hand signals for start, stop, speed up or slow down, etc. cleanup/remove all equipment chains; wash/prepare harvest equipment for winter storage.
Special Requirements
Applicants must have 20 days experience with farm/harvest work and provide the contact information of at least one reference who can verify experience and performance. Applicants hired must be able to obtain a valid Drivers License as driving on public roads may be required