Agricultural Crops, Agricultural Equipment, Disease, Distribution Operations, Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Hand Tools, Painting (Facilities and Maintenance), Systems Maintenance, Training/Teaching, Water Supply
LOCATION
Paul, ID
POSTED
15 days ago
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information,
please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2559583
Dates of need are 9/1/2026-11/15/2026 This order is for work in Paul,
Idaho area.
Applicant \`MUST HAVE\` 20 days experience as a general farm
worker/irrigator/livestock worker and the name and number of the
reference who has first hand knowledge and can verify the workers
experience.
Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the
production of sugar beets, potatoes, barley, wheat, beans, corn and 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; make minor
mechanical\
adjustments and repairs on farm machinery; remove undesirable and excess
growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field;
paint/repair/maintain farm structures; perform general cleanup of farm
areas; operate\
vehicle, motor bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing
duties.\
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: 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.\
Duties related to the Cutting/Sorting of Seed Potatoes will include the
following: Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer to cut
and sort potatoes by: using knife to cut potato into sections; place
potatoes on\
machine that cuts potatoes into sections; push button to start
machinery; tend/ monitor machine to insure proper movement of product;
discard diseased/rotting/inferior product and foreign matter; report
malfunctions; general\
cleanup.\
Duties related to the Harvesting of Potatoes will include the following:
Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer to:\
remove rocks from rows in front of harvesting equipment; discard
diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter; alert equipment
operator of equipment clogging/malfunctions; aid operator in correct
machine performance.