Farmworker, Rice
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Drives and operates rice-farm machinery to prepare land, till
soil, biuld ditches and levees, and harvest rice crop: Hitches
farm implements to tractor, and drives tractor along existing
swaths and contours of rice field to plow and level fields and
build or shore up ditches and levees of flood-irrigation system.
Plants rice seed, or soaks rice seed in water and loads
germinated seed onto airplane for aerial seeding of field. Loads
fertiliezr and weed killer into airplane, and stands at edge of
field or positions markers indicating field pass by airplane to
prevent overlap and gaps during aerial spraying.
Drives tractor
with harrow attachment over aerially seeded fields to cover
seeds with dirt. Sets mowing controls and drives combine through
fields to cut and thresh rice, stopping to adjust controls when
amount of grain observed in chaff and amount of chaff observed
in grain hoppers exceed allowable aomunts. Transfers grain from
combine hopper to grain truck, using transfer auger.
Patrols
irrigation ditches to detect obstructions and earthen
deterioration, and removes debris and shores-up levees and
ditches with shovel to ensure complete flooding of fiedls.
Starts irrigation pumps, removes levee gates, and breaks apart
levees to flood or drain field sections as directed.
Performs
miscellaneous duties, such as cleaning and lubricating farm
equipment, loading and unloading trucks, and repairing buildings
and fences.
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Farmworker, Rice
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