Shire Jobs

This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2163544 Dates of need are 04/13/2024 to 10/30/2024. Applicant must have at least 20 days experience performing related farm duties. Job duties may require a split/evening/night shift spanning two calendar days due to crop demands. Worker will be required to perform a variety of equipment operating, general farm and irrigation duties related to the production of alfalfa, grain, corn and potatoes. The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to general farm work/irrigation/crop production. Worker may: perform a variety of duties such as lead and oversee/supervise crews; operate and conduct general maintenance duties on farm vehicles and specialized equipment; communicate by use of hand signals for start, stop, speed up or slow down, etc.; maintain detailed task related records; operate GPS and yield monitoring equipment for electronic record generation; operate grain elevator augers and sweep; operate a wheel loader; operate GPS tracking system in tractors; operate advanced technology tractor, grain/hay/potato planters and harvesters; attach/adjust and pull header platforms for spring/fall ground work plus for planting and harvest work; maintain correct planting/cultivating and harvester adjustments required by constantly changing fields and conditions; maintain, drive, attach and operate farm implements/tractors/truck and equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, distribute/fertilize and harvest crops; make mechanical adjustments and repairs on farm machinery pertaining to each crop; may mix and/or spray/apply chemicals/fertilizer (according to appropriate restrictive use laws, when/if applicable); set up fertilizer tanks, prepare fertilizer pumps, load/transport fertilizer to pivot tanks and monitor/record daily usage; remove undesirable and excess growth from crops or farm grounds; remove rocks from field; paint/repair farm structures; replace/repair fencing; remove rocks from rows in front of harvesting equipment; discard diseased/rotting product, rocks and foreign matter; perform general cleanup of farm areas; drive, load/unload trucks; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties. Worker driving trucks to haul potatoes/grain and hay: will haul in a non CDL required truck when moving raw unfinished potatoes from fields to raw storage facilities or moving raw unfinished potatoes from storage facilities to fields for replanting. Worker will: assist in planting and summer duties maintaining a clean, rock and weed free work area around all farming locations. After harvest worker will: assist and oversee the prep of winter field cleanup, burning all vine piles; service and winterization of all drive gears on every pivot; tear down cellar systems and cleanup; prep cellar systems for winter storage; remove all equipment chains; wash and prepare all harvest equipment for winter storage; tarp and enclose with fences all haystacks and selected areas to ensure the safety from wild animal exposure. 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: service all pivots and pumps; change sprinkler bird packages; push on switch that activates circle sprinkler system. Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined pa terns 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; monitor irrigating source and check, record and adjust moisture levels to ground; 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.