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Idaho Employer Agricultural Equipment Operators in Payette, Idaho

This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2520760

Dates of Need: 4/30/2026-11/20/2026. This application encompasses the growing, maintaining, and harvesting of wheat, corn, grapes, sugar beets, and potatoes. This job requires a minimum of 3 months experience for agricultural equipment operators. The lifting requirement for this position is 60 pounds. All other duties assigned.\ Workers will need a valid drivers license (Note: a CDL is not required for this job) and be insurable to transport workers, equipment, or crops. During harvest, workers will be driving harvest vehicles and may have the opportunity to work night shifts. Must be able to perform all duties within this job description in what can be considered a safe manner adhering to all established farm safety guidelines, practices and procedures.

Grapes:\ Grape Training\ -Workers will walk through vineyards to train grapes to cordon wire, in addition to thinning, trimming, and watering grapes as needed.\ -Placing plant protection cartons around young vines with a bamboo stake securing the vine and bamboo to wire as needed.\ -Moving wire up and down as needed for the season.\ This includes but is not limited to shoot thinning, sucker thinning, leaf thinning, and other canopy management practices.\ Pull unnecessary leaves off the crop to allow sunlight on grapes\ Repair trellis by splicing wire together, fixing wire notches to hold wires, remove broken posts, and replace with new posts. Workers will use tools and supplies provided.\ Provide general labor to assist in the establishment of new vineyard properties by clearing property, installing trellis, preparing, and spreading of composted material and any other labor considered necessary for the efficient structure of new vineyard properties.\ Assist in vineyard removal. Removal of vineyards may include, but not limited to the use of pruners, or tractors to remove limbs, trunks, and roots. This also includes, but is not limited to removing cut wood, removing irrigation equipment, trellis posts, and removing other refuse and debris\ from the field.\ Removing; by hand, with handheld tools, or using tractor mounted equipment; weeds underneath trellis and trees and around farm properties\ Weeding, hoeing, trunk painting, trunk girdling, hand fertilizing and growth selection by hand and clipping.\ Caring for vines during growing season.\ Monitoring vine diseases such as blight, fungus, etc.\ Irrigation duties include but are not limited to inspecting irrigation systems for leaks and damage prior to and during irrigation times. Flush irrigation lines as needed, make repairs as needed and install new or replacement parts. Installation and repair of irrigation systems may include and is not limited to digging trenches to put in new pipe or valves. Digging out broken pipe/valves to repair broken pipe or valves. Using PVC glue and primer.\ Harvest:\ -The worker will pick according to grade, color, and size by grasping fruit with their hands and removing it from the vines in a motion that will not harm the vines.\ -The worker will carry the harness, bucket or bag and will place the fruit into lugs or bins.\ -The worker must always exercise care to prevent bruising of fruit or breaking of branches/shoots/canes.\ -The workers are expected to use provided handheld scissor-like clippers to harvest grapes.

Irrigation Duties:\ Hand Lines:\ 1.Connect pipes\ 2.Check the alignment of pipe and adjust for proper water distribution\ 3.Attach lines to water supply\ 4.Turn on pump\ 5.Turn valves to start flow of water\ 6.Disassemble lines and carry pipes out of field if spray is needed, or pipes need to be moved out the way and return them back when done\ 7.Lift and carry pipe sections weighing approximately 60 pounds on a sustained basis.\ Pivots:\ 1.Push on switch that activates circle sprinkler sy tem.\ 2.Use shovel to dig out pivot tracks.\ 3.Clear plugged birdies or nozzles\ 4.Repair/replace any broken birdies or nozzles\ 5.Clear end guns and maintain them in good working order\ 6.Repair/replace gear boxes, pivot tires, or any necessary equipment failures to keep the pivot in working order.\ Other Irrigation Duties:\ 1.Remove pipes/handlines lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns in fields\ 2.Lubricate, adjust, repair, and replace parts such as sprinkler heads and drive chains using hand tools\ 3.Observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water\ 4.Disassemble, service, and store pipe/mainlines/handlines after irrigation season.\ 5.Turn on and check drip lines in vineyard.\ 1.Flush system or lines as needed,\ 2.Repair leaks\ 3.Ensure drip lines are properly secured to wires.\ Monitoring vine diseases such as blight, fungus, etc.\ Irrigation duties include but are not limited to inspecting irrigation systems for leaks and damage prior to and during irrigation times. Flush irrigation lines as needed, make repairs as needed and install new or replacement parts. Installation and repair of irrigation systems may include and\ is not limited to digging trenches to put in new pipe or valves. Digging out broken pipe/valves to repair broken pipe or v

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