Farmworker, Herder
Employer
4090 FM 133 East
Catarina, TX 78836
United States
Job description
Workers are required to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range: feed and water livestock or ensure adequate provision of both; her livestock to appropriate grazing areas; assist animals with birthing and health of offspring; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; guard animals from predatory animals and from eating poisonous and or noxious plants; assists with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals; apply medications to cuts and bruises; spray livestock with insecticide; assist with castration of livestock; clip identifying notches on or brand animals; may assist with irrigating forage for livestock, weed control on grazing areas or building and repairing fence and livestock facilities to contain or protect livestock; may assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and livestock handling facilities necessary to livestock production. May be required to ride and handle horses in a manner to assure the safety of the worker, co-workers, and livestock. Employee must be willing to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. The job may entail working with and around farm machinery such as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for movement of livestock, periodically. Employee will work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to herding hazards such as poisonous snakes and predators. 50 lb lifting and driving requirement is needed. Workers are on call 24/7, wage rate also included room and board at no additional cost to the worker. The employer confirms that a minimum of 90% of the work contract shall be performed on the range for the total number of workdays requested.
Special Requirements
The employer confirms that a minimum of 90% of the work contract shall be performed on the range for the total number of workdays requested. The ranch consists of hundreds of square miles of ground and is home to many thousand head of livestock. The ranch housing is located on the ranch and is considered traditional style housing, not tented temporary housing which is commonly found in many Range Herder operations. Although workers will be living in fixed site housing, they do not work in the house and do in fact spend their days on the open range.