Open Range Livestock Herder
Employer
4000 N. Lost Creek Road
Croydon, UT 84018
United States
Job description
The Open Range Livestock Herder will be required to be On-Call 24/7 and live and work on the range more than 50% of the time. Livestock is rotated on seasonal range. The sheep are on the range pastures and moved every 5-10 days. Range Duties include: Attends livestock that is grazing on range or pasture. Herds livestock. Takes down and sets up of portable electric fencing and also working corrals. Beds down livestock near evening campsite and within night pen. Guards Livestock from predatory animals, and from eating poisonous plants. May examine livestock for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instruction. May sort and cut culls. May feed livestock supplementary rations. Ride horse and/or 4-wheeler to move livestock; the worker must be able to handle a horse to ensure the safety of the worker, co-workers and livestock; manually restrain livestock when required Employee must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. Worker must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds. Most duties are performed out-of-doors and entail exposure to extreme heat and cold; dust, rain, snow, and wind; and herding hazards; poisonous snakes and predators common in range lands. General supervision will be provided by the ranch owner. Duties that may be performed off the range less than 50% of the time include: Worker must assist with lambing of sheep, attend to sheep in barns during lambing season, herd sheep into corrals and stalls, manually restrain sheep, may clean stalls, pens and other equipment used for the production of sheep.
Special Requirements
None