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SUTHERLIN FARMS, LLC Farm/Irrigation/Livestock Worker in STEVENSVILLE, Montana
Temporary full time position from 2/1/2025 to 10/15/2025 Worker will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of corn, grain, hay and cattle. The majority of the work activities during the overall contract period, however, will be related to irrigation. General Farm Work will include the following responsibilities: maintain, drive, attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to till soil, plant, cultivate, fertilize and harvest crops; remove rocks from field; paint/repair farm structures; maintain/repair fencing; perform general cleanup of farm areas; pile up tree limbs in pastures; drive, load/unload farm trucks on, or between, farm worksites to transport crops to onsite facilities; operate motor bike or all-terrain vehicle in the course of performing duties; workers possessing the proper licensure may be asked to transport other farm workers. 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. Flood Irrigation: shovel and pack dirt in low spots of embankment or cut trenches in high areas to direct water flow; use weed eater around mainline, irrigation ditches and around pump structures; shovel or hoe soil to clear ditches/furrows and build embankments to appropriately channel water. Other Irrigation Duties: remove pipes/wheel lines from storage and lay out/place in predetermined patterns 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; disassemble, service and store pipes/mainlines/wheel lines after irrigation season. Duties related to the Production of Livestock will include the following: herd livestock; sort cattle in corrals; hoist/stack bales of hay onto wagon/truck; fork and feed hay; clean calving pens with a pitchfork and wheelbarrow; feed newborn calves on a bottle and help others to suckle their mothers. 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.