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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

8

Job Duties:

Agricultural Equipment Operators Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting of crops. Specific Job Requirements: · Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. · Operate towed machines such as seed drills to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops. · Operate farm implements that cultivate, mow, lift and harvest onions · Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. · Routinely inspect equipment to determine maintenance needs. · Troubleshoot, adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors of machinery malfunctions. · Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. · Operate tractor for installation of drip tape irrigation system. · Irrigate soil using pivot systems, portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps. · Operate and maintain pivot systems including drip filter stations. · Prime and start electrical and diesel irrigation pumps. · 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. · Read instructions to apply chemical and fertilizer injections through drip and pivot irrigation systems. · Monitor, identify and repair irrigation system issues. · Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers. · Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. · Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or ground/hand sprayer. · Communicate with farm managers/supervisors to make operational decisions. · Ability to obtain license to drive and operate farming equipment, machinery, and vehicles. · Ability to perform basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. · Physical strength to lift containers that weigh up to 50 pounds. · Ability to read and write English/Spanish · 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 labels, safety instructions, and application instructions pursuant to ISDA.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

4e) Must be able to lift and/or load 50lbs. 4g) Work may take place when temperatures are below freezing and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. 4h) May require extensive pulling and/or pushing of tools, wheelbarrows, fruit containers, etc. 4i) May require worker to sit and/or walk for extensive periods of time while sorting, picking, examining, weeding, transporting, pruning, etc. 4j) Workers will be required to stoop and/or bend over while performing farm labor such as weeding, irrigating, pruning, picking, removing debris, etc. 4k) There will be repetitive movements while performing most of the farm labor duties, for example picking, sorting, pruning, shoveling, weeding, etc.

Number of Hours Per Week:

35

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Watson Agriculture Inc.

Location:

Parma, ID 83660

Worksite

Address:

Watson Agriculture Inc: 201 E Main St, Parma , ID 83660

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24362-574760

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

See Addendum C

Date Posted:

1/6/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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