Farmworker/Irrigator/Equipment Operator

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Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Dates of need are

4/1/2025-10/1/2025. This order is for work in the Murtaugh, 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 hay, beans, barley, corn, peas, carrot

seed, onion seed, and wheat. The majority of the work activities during

the overall contract period, however, will be related to general

farm/irrigation work. General Farm Work will include the following

responsibilities: maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm

implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, 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; mow farm grounds/ditches; remove

rocks from field; paint/repair/maintain farm structures; perform general

cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate vehicle, motor

bike, or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties;

transport crops to market. H-2A workers will NOT plant crops. 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. Flood

Irrigation: lift gate in side of flooded irrigation ditch/pipe

permitting water to flow into bordered section of field; shovel and pack

dirt in low spots of embankment or cut trenches in high areas to direct

water flow; close gate in ditch/pipe when bordered section is flooded;

open gate or connect pipe to underground pipe system that releases water

flow into reservoir or ditch; siphon water from flooded reservoir or

ditch to channel water into designated areas; shovel or hoe soil to

clear ditches/furrows and build embankments to appropriately channel

water; mix and apply proper solutions to fill holes/cracks in pipes,

ditches, and spillways, and make minor repairs to metal, concrete, and

wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates. 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. 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.