Livestock Worker/ranch Hand
Employer
5061 S 7 Mile Road
Falmouth, MI 49632
United States
Job description
Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. 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. Maintain heated watering system. Segregate animals according to weight, age, 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. Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records. Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate feed wagons. Confine livestock in pens. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up truck to town for cattle supplies on occasion. Assist with animal birth. Sand driveways and walkways. Process/grind/mix organic grains and feed. Maintain feed equipment. Inspect and maintain furnaces, heaters, heating systems. Manage and stock firewood, clean woodstove as needed. Prep barns for winter ventilation.
Livestock: Beef Cattle
Special Requirements
Minimum of 3 months of experience is required. Must be able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds. The worker will be exposed to extreme temperatures. 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.