Ranch Hand
Employer
126 TOMSHECK ROAD
SUNBURST, MT 59482
United States
Job description
Calve out calves during the calving season. Tag calves, medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal illnesses. Care for the newborn calves & nursing mothers during the cold weather period when they require additional care & feed due to the extremely cold temperatures & seasonal illnesses. Isolate sick calves. Lambing season begins in May. Be able to assist the sheep with lambing & care for the newborn lambs & birthing ewes. Tag lambs, medicate, vaccinate & treat for seasonal illnesses. Transport hay bales. Feed cattle & sheep during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasture lands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Remove snow from farm property. Break ice formation in water tanks daily, possibly multiple times a day depending on the temperatures. Fix & repair fencing damaged by drifting snow. Move all livestock out to pasture once seasonal grasslands become accessible. Haul minerals and salt blocks to various pasture lands & check on the water accessibilty, periodically throughout each day. Routinely check on livestock in various pasture lands. Assist in sheering of the shep in April before Lambing season begins. Other general farm maintenance & upkeep of farm/ranch equipment, tools, & buildings such as greasing, oil, tightening bolts, painting, replacing broken/ damaged boards or poles with hammer and nails.
Special Requirements
Employer will make all deductions as required by law, as well as deductions for loans (if any); long distance telephone charges (if any); reimbursement for damage caused to the housing by the individual worker(s) found to have been responsible for damage which is not the result of normal wear and tear related to habitation (if any); charges for reasonable costs related to the worker's refusal or negligent failure to return all items furnished by the employer or due to the worker's willful damage or destruction of such property; deductions directed by the worker by a voluntary assignment solely for the benefit of the worker to a creditor, donee, or other 3rd party (e.g. worker's store/vendor accounts with merchants) wholly independent of the employer and from which neither the employer nor any person acting on his behalf or interest, directly or indirectly, derives any profit or benefit. No deductions except those required by law will be made which bring the worker's below Federal Wage