Livestock Worker/ranch Hand
Employer
8103 153rd Ave Sw
Rhame, ND 58651
United States
Job description
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other
enclosures. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight
gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide
more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Maintain heated
watering system. Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. Inspect, maintain, and repair
equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Move equipment, feed, and/or livestock from one location to another,
manually or using trucks or carts. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses,
or pumps. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they
have sufficient access to food. Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate
timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using
all-terrain vehicles. Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records. Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and
tails, or shear coats to collect hair. Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. Operate snow
removal equipment in order to operate feed wagons. Confine livestock in stalls. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up truck
to town for cattle supplies on occasion, manure hauling, maintaining summer pasture fencing, care and repair of equipment as
needed.
Special Requirements
Minimum of 1 months of experience is required. Must be able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Employer requires criminal
background check post-hire at employers' expense due to the presence of children and expensive tools and equipment on the farm. Failure to
pass criminal background check will result in termination of employment. Lift and carry items weighing up to 60 pounds. The worker will be
exposed to extreme temperatures. Extensive pushing and pulling is required. Extensive sitting is required. Extensive walking is required.
Frequent stooping is required. Repetitive movements is required. Wage rate may increase with verifiable experience. Employer may reward
exceptional work with monetary or other benefits in addition to those listed here in his sole discretion.