Ranch Worker

Job description

Workers must have at least 3 months of experience. One reference required.
The following duties will need to be performed. Perform tasks related to unloading and receiving sheep from various producers including health inspections, weighing, processing and maintaining records. Perform daily feeding and watering duties. Repair and maintain fences, equipment and structures such as stock water, yards, and buildings. May clean pens. Walk through pens daily to observe and/or examine animals detecting illness or injury; treat ill or injured sheep as directed by employer. Assist with vaccinating, weaning, and sorting ewes and lambs into groups. Monitor freshly weaned animals as they transition. Moving ewes in small pastures moving electric fence and water systems. Weighing, sorting, and loading sheep onto trucks for transfer to market. Employees must follow health and safety protocols for animals and people.
Western Range and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions.
The worker will live in the employer provided housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted).