Seasonal General Farm Worker

Job description

Custom Cattle Feeding: Receive feed, unload feed, process feed, load feed. The equipment used to perform these duties include: pay loaders, feed trucks, skid steer, grinding mill, tractor and trucks. This also includes transporting and carrying in purchased feed once it is harvested by vendors and purchased by Petitioner.

Feed Yard Maintenance: Repair and maintain ranch buildings, equipment, corral and scraping pens; snow removal, clear the feed bunks, replace the dirt in the pens, removal of manure and bedding all the pens. The equipment used to perform these duties include: pay loader, tractor, box scraper, manure spreader and dirt scraper. Weld and cut metal is part of the duties with the corral repair. Mow and upkeep of the feed yard grounds.

Cattle Health: Process the customer’s cattle when received, which includes: vaccination, branding, docking tails, ear tagging, TB testing, animal hoof care, working with a veterinarian, receiving cattle and shipping cattle on semi-trucks, riding pens, pulling sick animals and treating sick animals.

Special Requirements

All applicants must pass post-hiring criminal background checks. Criminal background checks, at employers expense, will be performed on all employees who have been offered conditional employment. A conviction will not automatically disqualify an applicant from employment. Employees who have convictions will generally be barred from employment where the offense(s) involve(s) physical violence, unlawful use or possession of drugs and/or acts of dishonesty (such as theft, embezzlement). Requiring background checks helps to ensure the safety and well-being of the employees and employers property.

A valid drivers license, or the ability to obtain a valid drivers license within 30 days of start of employment, is required in order to drive on public roads.