Irrigators

Begin date: 6/30/2025 Full Time: Yes Number of Workers Requested: 35 Job Duties: Amigo Farms, Inc. (also referred to herein as “Amigo Farms” “Employer” or “Company”) is a fixed-site grower which owns and/or controls its work sites and all agricultural commodities produced at such sites. Corporate Headquarters: 4245 E 32nd St, Yuma, AZ 85365. (928) 726-3738. Amigo Farms is not a Farm Labor Contractor as defined under The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) or the H-2A regulations and is thus not held to the registration requirements or surety bond requirements. FEIN number: 86-0708005 AZ TAX ID: 2457850 Job title: Irrigators Workers Needed: a. Total: 35 b. H-2A: 25 The Employer seeks certification for 25 H-2A workers. The total number of workers is 35. Of the 35 total workers, 10 are expected to be domestic workers who do not require housing. Job Duties - Description of the specific services or labor to be performed: Irrigators to perform the following duties: 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 be responsible for running water run fertilizer and will also need to assist in starting and stopping pumps for surface and subsurface drip irrigated fields. In addition, irrigators will be responsible for cleaning out irrigation ditches with a shovel. Workers will irrigate the following agricultural products: Alfalfa, bermuda grass, broccoli, butter lettuce, cantaloupes, green cabbage, green leaf lettuce, head lettuce, red cabbage, red leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, sudan grass, watermelons, and wheat. All products follow a similar lifecycle that corresponds to the following: an irrigation before planting, which would be described as a flat water. It is then followed by a germination water, or a water after planting. The next phase corresponds to the plant’s respective growing lifecycle, with irrigation intervals varying depending on weather and soil conditions. The final stage will be considered harvest irrigations, which are the final irrigation before the commodity is harvested. 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 ultimately installing them into fields that are prepared for planting and germination irrigation. Workers will also be required to remove sprinklers from these same fields and stack them in portable trailers once the germination irrigations have been completed. Workers will also on occasion be asked to replace damaged or broken parts, ie. rubber gaskets or sprinkler heads, as part of routine pipe maintenance. This maintenance will not require the use of any power tools or sawing equipment, simply a wrench and pliers. Job Classification: 45-2092.00 - Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse Experience Required: Yes Months of Experience Required: 3 Special Requirements: 3 months of experience working as an irrigator is required. Specific requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds frequently. Employee must keep up with the pace of the irrigation crew in performing the required job duties and at the time the work is performed. Workers are expected to work at least 80% of the crew`s average. (See Addendum C) Number of Hours Per Week: 48 Work Schedule (Start/End time): 2:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.