What are the responsibilities and job description for the Field Workers, Irrigators, Ag Equipment Operators position at Foothill Packing Inc?
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Irrigators: Under the supervision of the Supervisor/Foreperson, performs
general irrigation work of vegetable fields via drip/sprinkler
irrigation; drip irrigation installation, repair and maintenance; and
sprinkler installation, repair and maintenance. Workers will be
responsible for starting and stopping surface and subsurface irrigation
with syphon tubes as well as monitoring the elevation in head water by
opening and closing irrigation gates. Workers will also need to assist
in starting and stopping pumps for surface and subsurface drip irrigated
fields. Performs maintenance in and around vegetable fields such as bird
control, weeding with a long handle hoe around irrigation valves,
borders and trash removal. Tractor driving activities for purpose
sprinkler irrigation pipe. Reports break downs and understands and
abides by our safety procedures and performance standards. Can fill out
maintenance and progression sheet Required basic knowledge of driving a
tractor, must pass a tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to
operate tractor in a safe manner.
Agricultural Equipment Operators/Forklift Operator: workers will drive
and operate various farm equipment to perform farm field preparation
such as planting, cultivating, fertilizing, farming, and maintaining
farms. Will attach and adjust farm implements to tractors such as discs,
plows, lasers, rippers, cultivators, listers and planters and will
ensure equipment is operating properly at optimum performances. Workers
must conduct daily maintenance check prior to operate the tractor,
monitor, and drive tractors safely and efficiently over difficult
terrain and must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make
simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be
required to understand and operate the GPS operating system. Required to
have knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass tractor safety training
and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner
Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated
with and directly related to the primary duties such as cleaning up
field before during and after harvest, picking up trash. In addition,
workers will be required to perform all operations related to sprinkler
pipe irrigation, maintenance, and storage. This encompasses unstacking
irrigation pipes from their seasonal storage yards and restacking them
onto portable trailers and installing them into fields. Workers will
also be required to remove sprinklers from these same fields and stack
them in portable trailers.
In the event that an employee is injured while on the job, the Company
will provide a temporary work assignment that will be as closely related
to the job duties described herein, while the employee recovers from a
work-related illness which meets with physicians clearance to return to
work under specific limitations. The work assignment will not be a
permanent position, it will be temporary to accommodate the injured
worker under doctors restrictions and time period that may differ from
the heavy field work described within.
All of the above work requires an able bodied person to lift up to 60
lbs., odd shapes, pull, push, walk on uneven ground all day, good
eyesight for plant identification and ability to see what to harvest and
where to make cuts, good personal hygiene, clothes and shoes appropriate
for working in heat/ cold/ outdoors, ability to take instructions and
follow them, use safety equipment correctly. If machine operator, driver
must safely and carefully operate equipment that they are
authorized/trained on in a safe manner.
information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7501039
Irrigators: Under the supervision of the Supervisor/Foreperson, performs
general irrigation work of vegetable fields via drip/sprinkler
irrigation; drip irrigation installation, repair and maintenance; and
sprinkler installation, repair and maintenance. Workers will be
responsible for starting and stopping surface and subsurface irrigation
with syphon tubes as well as monitoring the elevation in head water by
opening and closing irrigation gates. Workers will also need to assist
in starting and stopping pumps for surface and subsurface drip irrigated
fields. Performs maintenance in and around vegetable fields such as bird
control, weeding with a long handle hoe around irrigation valves,
borders and trash removal. Tractor driving activities for purpose
sprinkler irrigation pipe. Reports break downs and understands and
abides by our safety procedures and performance standards. Can fill out
maintenance and progression sheet Required basic knowledge of driving a
tractor, must pass a tractor safety training and demonstrate ability to
operate tractor in a safe manner.
Agricultural Equipment Operators/Forklift Operator: workers will drive
and operate various farm equipment to perform farm field preparation
such as planting, cultivating, fertilizing, farming, and maintaining
farms. Will attach and adjust farm implements to tractors such as discs,
plows, lasers, rippers, cultivators, listers and planters and will
ensure equipment is operating properly at optimum performances. Workers
must conduct daily maintenance check prior to operate the tractor,
monitor, and drive tractors safely and efficiently over difficult
terrain and must have sufficient knowledge of tractor mechanics to make
simple and minor adjustments and repairs to tractors. Workers will be
required to understand and operate the GPS operating system. Required to
have knowledge of driving a tractor, must pass tractor safety training
and demonstrate ability to operate tractor in a safe manner
Workers may occasionally and/or sporadically perform duties associated
with and directly related to the primary duties such as cleaning up
field before during and after harvest, picking up trash. In addition,
workers will be required to perform all operations related to sprinkler
pipe irrigation, maintenance, and storage. This encompasses unstacking
irrigation pipes from their seasonal storage yards and restacking them
onto portable trailers and installing them into fields. Workers will
also be required to remove sprinklers from these same fields and stack
them in portable trailers.
In the event that an employee is injured while on the job, the Company
will provide a temporary work assignment that will be as closely related
to the job duties described herein, while the employee recovers from a
work-related illness which meets with physicians clearance to return to
work under specific limitations. The work assignment will not be a
permanent position, it will be temporary to accommodate the injured
worker under doctors restrictions and time period that may differ from
the heavy field work described within.
All of the above work requires an able bodied person to lift up to 60
lbs., odd shapes, pull, push, walk on uneven ground all day, good
eyesight for plant identification and ability to see what to harvest and
where to make cuts, good personal hygiene, clothes and shoes appropriate
for working in heat/ cold/ outdoors, ability to take instructions and
follow them, use safety equipment correctly. If machine operator, driver
must safely and carefully operate equipment that they are
authorized/trained on in a safe manner.