Livestock Worker/ranch Hand
Employer
230 E Van Fossen
Vermont, IL 61484
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 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. Order food
for animals, and arrange for its delivery. 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. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up truck to town for cattle supplies on
occasion.Livestock : Beef Cattle
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 drug screen
post hire at employers expense due to the liability of operating equipment. Employer requires criminal background check post-hire at
employers' expense due to the presence of children on the farm and expensive tools and equipment. Failure to pass drug screen and/or
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 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.