Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming

H2ajobs; Holly (CO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation reimbursement

Job summary

H2ajobs invites applications for farm workers to care for livestock, including feeding, watering, monitoring for illness, and assisting with prescribed medications. You will move and herd animals, rotate pastures, and maintain facilities.

Housing and meals are provided; employer covers transportation to town when needed. A valid driver's license and 3 months of farm experience are required; frequent outdoor work and lifting up to 75 lb are expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 months of prior farm experience.
• Ability to work in extreme outdoor temperatures.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds.
• Valid, regular driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock.
• Monitor health and report concerns.
• Herd livestock between pastures and facilities.
• Medicate and mix feed according to instructions.
• Inspect, repair, and maintain farm equipment and pens.
• Rotate grazing areas to ensure forage access.
• Tag and identify livestock as needed.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Job description

Workers will perform duties related to the care and management of livestock, including feeding and watering animals; monitoring and maintaining adequate food and water supplies; and mixing and administering feed, additives, and medications according to prescribed instructions. Employees will examine animals to detect illness, injury, disease, or abnormal weight gain and report concerns as needed. Duties include herding livestock to and from pastures, scales, trucks, or enclosures; rotating animals between grazing areas to ensure proper forage access; and patrolling grazing areas using horseback or ATV. Workers will segregate, mark, and identify livestock for ownership, grading, or condition using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Employees may move livestock, equipment, or poultry between locations manually or with vehicles. Additional responsibilities include inspecting, maintaining, and repairing farm equipment, machinery, pens, yards, fences, and buildings to ensure safe and efficient operations.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.

Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.

Experience wanted: 3 months

Job requires a minimum of three (3) months of prior farm experience. Workers must be able to perform duties in extreme outdoor temperatures and be capable of frequent stooping and bending. The position requires the ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds. Workers must possess a valid, regular drivers license.