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WTM, INC. General Farm Worker in CORVALLIS, Montana
Temporary full-time position from 3/15/2025 to 9/30/2025. Job Duties may require a split shift, such as 5:00-10:00 AM and 3:00-6:00 PM Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of pasture, alfalfa hay, grass hay, hay barley, wheat, and cattle. General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: gather and remove rocks from field; replace/ repair fencing; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; maintain, drive, attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil. plant, cultivate. fertilize and harvest crops; perform general cleanup of farm areas; herd livestock. Irrigation Work 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. Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and place in predetermined patterns in fields; observe revolving sprinklers and adjust to ensure proper operation and uniform distribution of water; disassemble, service, and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season. To meet minimum acceptable performance standards when irrigating, the worker must, after a ten-day conditioning period, move an average of at least 48 40-foot sections of 3-inch pipe of 44 40-foot sections or 4-inch pipe per hour under normal working conditions. Instruction, training, and general supervision will be provided by the farm operator or designated employee, however. the worker must perform required duties without close supervision and listen to, understand, and follow simple instructions of the employer or supervisor. All tolls, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned will be provided at no charge to the worker. The worker will be required to return worn out supplies before new supplies will be provided. Most duties are performed outdoors, and entail exposure to heat, cold, dust, rain and other environmental conditions common in fields. including mosquitoes during certain seasons. Worker must crouch, bend. lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds in the course of preforming required activities. In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Employment Service (ES) as a no-fee labor exchange that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) nor the State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party.