Farmworkers and Laborers- Onion Bag Stackers

in County, ID

Job Description

Dates of Need: 7/31/2026-5/20/2027

Onion Stacker: Worker will stand for long periods on hard, concrete surfaces. Worker will stack onion bags up to 60 pounds on pallets for shipping in an onion packing shed. Workers will be expected to perform duties listed on the job order for an onion and row crop farm and onion packing shed.

Other Duties May Include:

• Lay hand lines for irrigation and move when required.
• Walk fields and inspect drip irrigation for leaks.
• Set siphon tubes and dig corrugates.
• Start pumps for irrigation systems.
• Operate or maintain equipment used in agricultural production and field preparation such as tractors, irrigation equipment, 4-wheelers, trucks, and other commonly used equipment in agriculture.
• Assist in planting, weeding and harvesting crops.
• Workers may also clear debris and garbage from fields and clean/maintain farm buildings, onion packing facility, structures, equipment, and work areas.
• Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs.
• Clean and repair irrigation ditches.
• Onion harvest duties may include riding on harvester to remove rocks and debris, walking rows and throwing ends back, assisting with binning and sorting from harvest trucks. Assisting in movement of bins into storage.

Work hours may vary were there are periods when extra hours are offered and periods of reduced hours are available due to weather, crop conditions, and time of year. Worker must possess requisite physical strength and endurance to repeat the irrigating, harvest and stacking process throughout the workday. Workers must work at a sustained, vigorous pace and make bona-fide efforts to work efficiently and consistently that are reasonable under the climatic and all other working conditions. Worker may never ride on agricultural equipment not designed for work related riding purposes or any other non-passenger intended equipment unless instructed and authorized by the employer or supervisor to do so. If light duty work is assigned for a worker’s compensation injury, the worker will be expected to return to work and perform the light duty work upon advice from a physician and the workers compensation insurance company.

Full Growing Season Commitment: The job offered requires that the worker be available for work every day that work is available for the full period of employment. The worker agrees to be available for work and perform the assigned work for the assigned employer whenever work is available through the full period of employment.

Training: There will be a demonstration period to familiarize workers with job specification and to demonstrate proper methods and other crop specific issues.