Job Description:

• 1) Irrigates field and row crops, using any of following gravity-flow methods: Lifts gate in side of flooded irrigation ditch, permitting water to flow into bordered section of field.

• 2) Shovels and packs dirt in low spots of embankment or cuts trenches in high areas to direct water flow.

• 3) Closes gate in ditch when bordered section is flooded.

• 4) Removes plugs from portholes in pipes or wooden tunnels set in embankment at end of rows and observes water flowing through portholes.

• 5) Removes obstructions from rows and builds up edges of rows with dirt.

• 6) Plugs porthole as each row is filled.

• 7) Opens gate or connects standpipe to underground pipe system that releases waterflow into reservoir or ditch.

• 8) Siphons water from flooded reservoir or gate or connects standpipe to underground pipe system that releases waterflow into reservoir or ditch.

• 9) Shovels or hoes soil to clear ditches and furrows and build embankments that channel water in assigned area but avoid overflow into areas that could be damaged by water.

• 10) May mix and apply cement solution to fill holes and cracks in concrete-lined pipes, ditches, and spillways, and make minor repairs to metal, concrete, and wooden frameworks in pipe and ditch valves and gates.

• 11) May carry, lay out, and join portable irrigation-pipe sections to link up main ditch or pipe with field.