Livestock Worker
Employer
3828 Goose Haven Rd
Rio Vista, CA 94571
United States
Job description
Form ETA 790, Section A, Item 8a should be amended to indicate the following job duties in lieu of the job description originally submitted. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: administer medication as needed; apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; assist feed mill operators with mixing feed and delivering to feed bunks; 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 livestock manager in monitoring pen inventories; assist with castration of livestock; assist with hoof trimming to reduce the occurrence of discomfort and disease; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with semen testing bulls; assist with semen testing rams; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; assist with the artificial insemination of livestock by herding into corrals, observing estrus, keeping records and running through working chutes; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; count and load livestock onto trailers to send off to packing plant; cut and clear noxious trees and shrubs that harm grass and plant species in grazing areas; deliver feed and supplements to livestock and operate the appropriate equipment required to ensure adequate provision of both; evaluate and adjust feed rations for livestock according to body condition and season of production; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed supplemental rations to livestock when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition for multiple age groups; feed supplemental rations to sheep when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition; handle livestock using low stress methods; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; perform preventative maintenance on equipment such as grease and oil checks; set up, tear down and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; tend to sick animals in the hospital pen; walk pens and check feed and water levels; weigh animals and record weights.
Special Requirements
Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, 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, handle animals using low stress handling methods, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, spray pastures and/or fence lines for poisonous plants and/or noxious weeds with herbicides to prevent livestock from consuming them.