Cattle Care Rider: Livestock Health & Movement

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding; Dalhart (TX); Presencial; USD 22.000 - 33.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding is seeking a livestock handler in Dalhart, Texas. The role involves riding horses daily to monitor, segregate, and guide cattle, with focus on safe, low-stress movement and timely reporting of issues.

duties include assisting in cattle shipments, maintaining pens, and ensuring safety compliance. Lifting and physical stamina are required to operate in a ranch environment.

Formación

• Ability to ride a horse in a safe manner.
• Ability to furnish gentle horse and tack.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to apply these functions using units and weights.
• Knowledge of cattle breeds and characteristics.
• Flexibility to work varied hours should shipping necessitate it.

Responsabilidades

• Ride through pens daily using a horse to identify sick animals.
• Segregate sick cattle for treatment and drive them to hospital pen.
• Assist in shipment of fat cattle by opening gates and guiding to weighing areas.
• Move cattle using humane low-stress techniques.
• Return treated or stray cattle to home pens.
• Maintain cleanliness of facilities and break room.
• Report pen maintenance issues to yard staff.
• Alert supervisor to unusual trends or safety concerns.
• Comply with safety rules and policies.

Conocimientos

Horse riding

Horse handling

Basic math

Cattle knowledge

Flexible hours

Descripción del empleo

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding is seeking a livestock handler in Dalhart, Texas. The role involves riding horses daily to monitor, segregate, and guide cattle, with focus on safe, low-stress movement and timely reporting of issues.

duties include assisting in cattle shipments, maintaining pens, and ensuring safety compliance. Lifting and physical stamina are required to operate in a ranch environment.