Field Workers (irrigation)

Job description

Alamo Ag Solutions, LLC (also referred to herein as “Alamo” “Employer” or “Company”) is headquartered in Yuma, Arizona (350 W 16th Street Suite 401, Yuma, AZ 85364), e-mail address: [email protected], phone: (928) 726-1541.
Alamo Ag Solutions, LLC is a registered Farm Labor Contractor.
FEIN: 83-2261371

Job title: Field Workers (Irrigation)
Workers Needed:
a. Total: 12
b. H-2A: 9
The Employer seeks certification for 9 workers. Total workers: 12. Of the 12 total workers, 3 will be domestic workers who do not require housing.

Job Duties - Description of the specific services or labor to be performed:

Agricultural produce: Spinach, tender leaf, leaf lettuce, arugula, and spring mix lettuce.

Sprinkler Crew Member:
Workers will unload sprinkler pipe from trailer and set up irrigation system, check and unplug sprinkler birds to ensure uniform irrigation, move sprinkler pipe multiple times in conjunction with other operations until crop is harvested, load sprinkler pipe onto trailer, install drip hose and set up drip tape system, repair in-field drip hose leaks, and remove drip tape at harvest. Other duties may include splicing of drip tape, stacking of irrigation pipe, cleaning, maintaining, and repairing of sprinkler pipe and accessories, and shovel.

Pre-irrigation Unloading and Loading of Sprinkler Pipe: Workers walk on uneven furrows. Workers lay (or pick up) sprinkler irrigation pipes by securely connecting (or disconnecting) one pipe to (or from) another until end of irrigation line. Teams are made up of 3 workers. One worker drives a tractor with a trailer that carries aluminum pipes, while the other two workers walk behind. There are two sizes of aluminum pipe: 30’ x 3” weighing approximately 25 pounds and 30’x10” weighing approximately 50 pounds. Under the direction of the field supervisor, workers remove pipes one at a time by bending at the waist and manually unloading (or loading) pipes into (or from) the furrow to set up the field for irrigation. Pre-irrigation unloading and loading is done in fallow fields.

(See Addendum C)

Special Requirements

1 month of experience harvesting spinach, tender leaf, leaf lettuce, arugula, or spring mix lettuce, weeding, sprinkler/irrigation work or sanitation work.

(See Addendum C)