Farmworker - Livestock
Employer
51152 Hwy 70
Elgin, NE 68636
United States
Job description
Feed and water cattle, monitor food and water supplies, mix feed and additives, fill feed troughs with feed. Herd cattle to pasture for grazing. Examine animals to detect diseases and injuries. Vaccinate animals by placing vaccine in drinking water or feed or using syringes and hypodermic needles. Applies medications to cuts and bruises, sprays cattle with insecticide, and herds them into insecticide bath. Confines cattle in stalls, washes and clips them to prepare them for calving, and assists veterinarian in delivery of offspring. Clean stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, and shovels. Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals. Maintain ranch equipment.
Special Requirements
3 months of experience in handling livestock. The employer hereby assure that drug test will be conducted after hire at the employer's expense.
The reason for the drug test is part of the job duties required the employee to drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals, hence if the person has conviction of drug usage he/she will not be fit for the job due to safety reason.