This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2202281

Dates of Need: 7/10/2024-10/26/2024.

GENERAL CONDITIONS: Field work begins at assigned time shortly after daylight. Work may be performed during light rain and in high humidity and in freezing or high heat temperatures. The worker may be required to work in the orchard when trees are wet with dew/rain and should have suitable clothing for variable weather conditions. Worker may be required to lift or load objects continually up to 50lbs.

The Worker may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so. All work related injuries must be immediately reported to the crew leader, foreman, or supervisor. Workers compensation claims may be presented to any medical provider, through your employer or state agency if applicable.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer through the full period of employment in accordance with sections A.3 and A.4 of the ETA 790.

Light Duty: Workers restricted to light duty work by their physician may be offered light duty jobs in accordance with State Law and/or agency guidance.

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper methods and other crop specific issues.

Specific Job Requirements: General Farm Labor Work and Weeding\ This will include the following responsibilities: remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; perform general cleanup of farm areas. Weeding will include using farm hand tool to remove weeds from onion fields, pepper fields and hop fields, hop fields, alfalfa seed fields, corn fields and wheat fields. May be asked to drive company owned trucks or vehicles under 26,001 GVW from hop, pepper and onion fields to hop picker facility, packing shed or storage locations.

Irrigation Job Description: Will install and operate drip and pivot irrigation systems. Will prime and start electrical and diesel irrigation pumps. Will input irrigation schedules in drip irrigation controllers. Identify problems and report to supervisor (electrical short, nonfunctioning valves, identify out of specified pressures in station and fields). Read pressure gauges and set valves at specified pressures. Will read instructions to apply chemical and fertilizer injections through drip and pivot irrigation systems. Will monitor, identify and fix leaks in drip irrigation systems.

Irrigation Requirements:\ -Ability to drive company owned trucks or vehicles under 26,001 GVW.\ -Ability to read and write English/Spanish\ -Basic Math skills; ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide Physical strength to lift containers that weight up to 50 pounds.

Onions, Peppers, Alfalfa Seed, Corn and Wheat Job Description\ Will apply techniques as instructed by the employer when carrying out the following responsibilities related to the hand harvesting of onions; clip ends off onions and toss the tops back into the field; hand harvest onions; place in bags and lay in field to mature; gather bags of onions off the fields and dump them into bins; sorting sacks after harvest; removing clods from harvester. Planting and Weeding Pepper, Onions, Alfalfa Seed, Corn and Wheat fields. Topping and tailing onions. Field Packing into bags, buckets, or bins. Harvesting, picking peppers and field packing into bins or trays. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment and other commonly used equipment in agriculture. Drive vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.

Hop Job Description: Planting and Weeding Hop Roots: Worker will sp nd time keeling and stooping, placing hop roots into soil. Cutting Hop Roots and Bundling Hop Roots: Worker will use cutting tool to divide hop roots and bundle and place in bins. Twining/Stringing: Attaching string (twine) between trellis and the ground. Driving stringing cart while other workers tie twine. Riding on farm equipment cart, approx. 18ft above the ground, hand tying twine to trellis. Placing metal W in ground with gun. Fixing string tying to ground. Fill water tank with hop twine to make damp. Training: Train hop plants, developing vines are trained to wrap around twine/string. Picking up downed vines, workers pick up vines that have fallen of trellis or have broken strings. Weeding hop fields: remove weeds and excess debris from growing hop plants.

Trellis Work: Install poles, attachment of all wires. The Employer attests that these workers will be properly trained by their supervisor who has a valid Private Applicators license which is the standard pursuant to Idaho State Department of Agriculture. Furthermore, their supervisor will be available to ensure that workers understand all chemical label, safety instructions, and application instructions pursuant to WSDA.

Digging, Planting and Weeding of Hop Roots: Worker will spend time keeling and stooping, placing hop roots into soil. Cutting Hop Roots and Bundling Hop Roots: Worker will use cutting tool to divide hop roots and bundle a