Range Sheepherder
Employer
18635 Usta Rd.
Faith, SD 57626
United States
Job description
Required to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of sheep. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; administer medication as needed; apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the shearing of sheep by herding sheep into corrals and through the shearing plant; assist with docking; assist with gathering and sorting lambs for shipping; assist with irrigating forage; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; assist with weed control on grazing areas (including noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species); attend animals in barns during kidding/lambing season; attend to lambing ewes (including night checks); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; bed down flock at appropriate night site; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; break ice over frozen water sources; build and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; care for newly born offspring; clean feeding equipment and the lambing shed; cut and clear noxious trees and shrubs that harm grass and plant species in grazing areas; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep ewes gathered and safe; detect through winter tracking methods where other rancher(s)' livestock has been to avoid overgrazing of forage; ensure newly born lambs stand and nurse ; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed supplemental rations; feed supplemental rations to sheep when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock at the ranch: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; administer medication as needed; apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist in the shearing of sheep by herding sheep into corrals and through the shearing plant; assist with castration of livestock; assist with docking; assist with irrigating forage; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; assist with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals ; attend animals in barns during kidding/lambing season; attend sheep and lambs in barns during lambing season(including night checks); attend to lambing ewes (including night checks); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; bed down flock at appropriate night site; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; break ice over frozen water sources; build and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; care for newly born offspring; clean feeding equipment and the lambing shed; cut and clear noxious trees and shrubs that harm grass and plant species in grazing areas; ensure newly born lambs stand and nurse ; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed supplemental rations to
Special Requirements
Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision. spend the majority of work days on the range. live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner. to maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the employer. work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperature. attend animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being. attend animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being. maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner. work with and around farm machinery such as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for movement of livestock. have or be able to obtain a valid drivers