General Farm Ranch Hand
Employer
4 Cemetary Rd
Judith Gap, MT 59453
United States
Job description
The General Farm Ranch Hand position will be required to perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock and farming operation: Feeding (no feeding required when cattle are grazing on summer range), sorting, herding, vaccinating, maintain fence, weed spraying, and other general care for livestock; monitor, care for and move livestock using 4-wheelers and side by sides to pastures for grazing; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; calving checks; place mineral blocks; vaccinate livestock, herd into corral and/or stall and manually restraining animals; apply medications to cuts and bruises; spray livestock with insecticide; assist with castration of livestock; clip identifying notches or brands animals; manually clean stalls/corrals. Workers must like animals and treat them humanely. Low stress cattle handling is required. Shop work is required such as repairing and maintaining equipment and welding; perform routine maintenance and cleaning of farm implements, drive/operate tractors and farm implements required to plant, cultivate, and harvest hay. Operate John Deere 155M; Case tractor, Case 2504 19 ft. rotary head swather, Vermeer Rake, H&S Rake, and 10 and 15 speed truck to haul hay (trucking skills is preferred), Cat Skid Steer and JD 569 baler. Must manually hoist/stack hay bales; pick rocks, maintain fence in rough terrain. Must be able to find and maintain bearings to grazing areas. The job entails working around farm machinery, a variety of farm animals as well as exposure to predators and snakes. The worker must be willing and able to occasionally work independently or in small groups of workers. He/she should have a positive attitude. Most duties are performed out of doors, and entail exposure to extreme heat, cold, dust, rain and other environmental conditions. Worker must be able to crouch, bend, lift and carry up to 100 pounds. Employer provided items (at no cost to the worker) include all tools and equipment necessary to perform the duties assigned as well as transportation between worker(s) on-site housing and the work site. A cell phone will be provided for emergency and ranch communications at no cost to the worker (excluding long distance charges). Driver’s license is required.
Special Requirements
Average - 10 hrs/day - 60 hrs/week - 6 days / week Mon-Sat - Typically, hours are 7:30AM to 5:30PM. During "calving season" and "harvest", hours may range from 10-14 hrs/day. Long, odd hours, including split shifts, are required during harvest, as well as night shifts during calving. The actual hours may vary due to weather, time of year, and requirements of the cropping and livestock program. The worker may be offered to work 7 days/ week, as farm work must be performed seven days / week. Workers may be requested but not obligated to work on the workers' Sabbath.