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Temporary full time from 3-15-2025 - 11-15-2025 All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of hay and livestock. The larger percentage of the work activities will be related to general farmwork/irrigation/hay production.Perform any combination of the following tasks required in general farmwork and the production of hay: adjust alignment of pipes ; adjust gates and pipe connections to control water flow; adjust valves to start and/or adjust water flow; apply medications to cuts and bruises; assemble and place pipe in assigned patterns in fields; assist with irrigating forage; conduct procedures required for flood irrigation such as setting dams and shoveling dirt; evaluate the condition of the crop/weather and adjust harvesting and post-harvest activity based on evaluation; loading/unloading trucks; maintain/drive/attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize, apply chemicals and harvest crops; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; operate maintain and repair all components of a sprinkler; operate multiple types of pumps; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; remove pipe from fields and place in storage; remove pipe from storage; shovel and pack dirt in low spots or cut trenches to direct water flow; use proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with castration of livestock; assist with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring (including night checks); brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; loading/unloading trucks; maintenance of farm structures and farm grounds; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; spray livestock with insecticide An employee may be terminated for just cause. Offenses considered just cause for termination of employment include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Failure to report to work, excessive absences from work, or leaving the work site without approval; (b) Failure to follow employer?s directions. Some examples are: performing job duties in an unsafe manner or failure to accomplish tasks according to designated timetables; (c) Gross negligence or deliberate actions which result in inferior work; waste, damage or injury to employer's property or livestock. Some examples are: failing to respond to livestock needs; abusing animals or equipment; refusing to carry out good faith, reasonable orders; being under the influence of alcohol or drugs; horseplay; (d) Deliberate damage or injury to another worker or his possessions; (e) Stealing company, ranch, employer or co-worker's property; (f) Possession of firearms or other weapons without employer authorization; or (g) Changing application, or lying on employment application with regard to work experience. The employer will apply these standards uniformly and in a non-discriminatory manner, as required by law. Termination may be carried out by the employer, but only after two written warnings (not necessarily for the same offense). The warnings will be written in a language understandable to the employee and the employee will be given an opportunity to sign the warning. Termination may be carried out wit out first having issued any warning, if the employee?s offense is of a severe or emergency nature such as a threat to the life, safety and /or health of the worker, livestock or others; or, is the intentional destruction of property. If an employee is involuntarily terminated, the worker will be provided a written statement explaining the cause/s for termination. If the employee voluntarily abandons employment before the end of the contract period, or is terminated for cause, and the employer will notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Labor notifies the CNPC, and DHS in the case of an H?2A worker, not later than 2 working days after such abandonment occurs. The employer will not be responsible for providing or paying for the subsequent transportation and subsistence expenses of that employee under this section, and that employee is not entitled to the three-fourths guarantee. 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.

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