Winter Range Sheepherder

Job description

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required.
The employee must be able to identify approaching storm periods. Due to animals exerting more energy during the winter months especially in adverse weather conditions such as snow, rain and mud the herder will need to monitor the nutritional needs of an animal throughout winter. Ensure that animals have access to water and to distribute emergency supplemental feed. Herders need to have experience in identifying animals who are not getting enough nutrition, keeping a fresh supply of water and how to maintain animals in adverse weather conditions.
May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds. Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs & ewes in labor) from predators. Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move ewes and lambs to summer range grounds.
Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 50% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association 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 range 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 a dishonest or willful act or by the gross negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted).
***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week***
Debe tener 3 meses de experiencia con 800 - 1000 cabezas de bandadas. Se requiere una referencia.El empleado debe ser capaz de identificar los períodos de tormenta que se aproximan. Debido a que los animales ejercen más energía durante los meses de invierno, especialmente en condiciones climáticas adversas como nieve, lluvia y barro, el pastoreo tendrá que monitorear las necesidades nutricionales de un animal durante todo el invierno. Asegurar que los animales tengan acceso al agua y distribuir alimentos suplementarios de emergencia. Los pastores necesitan tener experiencia en la identificación de animales que no están recibiendo suficiente nutrición, mantener un suministro fresco de agua y cómo mantener a los animales en condiciones climáticas adversas. Puede ayudar en el cordero, acoplamiento y cizallamiento. Las siguientes tareas estacionales deberán realizarse. El pastoreo tendrá que trasladar las ovejas preñadas a los terrenos de cordero. Ser capaz de id