Livestock Worker

Job description

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. Attends sheep and/or goat flock: Herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Herding sheep in pastures while riding on horseback, riding ATVs, or walking on foot. Guards flock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. Drenches sheep and/or goats. May examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instructions. Setting and moving portable fence, may perform general repairs on fences. Experienced employees hired for this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a herd, be able to promote proper grazing of pasture, and predator control on the pasture.
Perform any combination of the following tasks required in equipment operation, farmwork and the production of Hay: start and/or adjust water flow; adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions; apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on pasture areas; irrigate soil through operation of flood irrigation system; maintain/drive/attach and operate farm implements/tractors/equipment to rake and bale hay; observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions; perform some maintenance and adjustments to implements/tractors/equipment; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds; shovel and pack dirt in low spots or cut trenches to direct water flow; use proper material and methods to repair irrigation equipment.
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 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 negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted).

Debe tener 3 meses de experiencia con 800 - 1000 rebaos de cabezas. Se requiere una referencia. Asiste a rebaos de ovejas y/o cabras: Rebaos de rebaos y rondas a los callejeros usando perros entrenados. Pastoreando ovejas en pastos mientras monta a caballo, monta en vehculos todoterreno o camina a pie. Los guardias acuden de animales depredadores y de comer plantas venenosas. Empapa ovejas y/o cabras. Puede examinar a los animales en busca de signos de enfermedad y administrar vacunas, medicamentos e insecticidas de acuerdo con las instrucciones. Ajuste y movimiento de la cerca porttil, puede realizar reparaciones generales en las vallas.
Los empleados experimentados contratados para este tipo de puesto tendran que tener el conocimiento de mantener una manada, ser capaces de promover el pastoreo adecuado de pastos y el control de depredadores en los pastos. Realice cualquier combinacin de las siguientes tareas necesarias en el funcionamiento del equipo, las granjas y la produccin de Hay: iniciar y/o ajustar el flujo de agua; ajustar, reparar y reparar maquinaria agrcola y notificar a los supervisores cuando la maquinaria falla; aplicar herbicidas a nocivos, especies vegetales invasoras y venenosas en zonas de pastos; regar el suelo mediante el funcionamiento del sistema de riego por inundaciones; mantener/ conducir / conectar y operar implementos agrcolas / tractores / equipos para rastrillar y bale hay;