Job Information
Idaho Department of Labor Farmworkers and Laborers in Buhl, Idaho
This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2146911
Consultants, please conduct a seated interview.
Dates of need are 3/01/2024 -11/15/2024 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.
This application encompasses: irrigation of crops, planting and harvesting of row crops
including alfalfa. The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds.
General Farm Work will include the following duties
1.Maintain, drive, attach, and operate farm implements, tractors, equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, and harvest crops
2.Make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery
3.May mix and/or spray chemicals (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable)
4.Remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds
5.Remove rocks from fields, edges of fields, concrete ditches, etc.
6.Paint, maintain, repair, farm structures
7.Perform general clean-up of farm areas
8.Operate motor bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATVs), John Deere Gators, in the course of performing duties
9.Operate or maintain equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment, 4-wheelers, pick-ups, trucks, and other commonly used equipment in agriculture.
10.Workers may also clear debris and garbage from fields and clean/maintain farm buildings, structures, equipment, and work areas
11.Load and mix chemicals in addition to operating tractors pulling sprayers and/or operate sprayer
12.Operate tractor and implements
13.Backpack spray as required and/or operate tractor with spray tank connected to 3-point to spray weeds and/or ground
14.Burn weeds on all properties
15.Pull and/or hoe weeds on all properties
16.Baiting and trapping rodents as required
17.Operate farm trucks, semi-trucks, 10-wheelers trucks, and/or any vehicle to haul corn, alfalfa (hay bales, haylage, green chop) from fields to farm