Farmworker

H2ajobs; Argos (IN); Presencial; USD 15.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation assistance

Descripción de la vacante

H2ajobs seeks a seasonal farm worker for the winter calving season from November through April in Indiana. Duties include caring for cattle, cleaning facilities, and assisting with breeding and births. Housing and meals are provided; transport to town for personal needs is arranged; regular driver’s license required.

The role involves exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, lifting up to 20 lbs, and frequent physical activity. Prior farm experience is preferred but not required.

Formación

• Experience in livestock care and handling is preferred.
• Must understand basic animal welfare and feeding practices.
• Experience with breeding assistance or AI is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Clean stalls, pens, and equipment and use disinfectants.
• Examine animals for illness and monitor weight/feed/water.
• Move livestock to pastures, scales, or enclosures as needed.
• Perform duties related to livestock reproduction and assist births.
• Provide basic medical treatment and arrange veterinary care if needed.

Conocimientos

Animal care

Livestock handling

Feeding livestock

Medical treatment

Breeding assistance

Descripción del empleo

We need a seasonal employee for our winter calving season which starts in November and ends in April. A farm worker is only required on a seasonal basis since cattle will be brought in from pastures into feeding pens due to weather conditions. Cattle are cared for and fed during the winter calving season in the feeding pens. In the spring, cattle are released to pastures and no daily feeding or care is needed while in pastures. Job duties will include: clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps, examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain, feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies, herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures, mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos, mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions, move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts, perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births, provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment, segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition, care for animals, clean equipment or facilities, examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems, and treat animal injuries or illnesses.

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: 1 months

Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 20lbs. Require a regular driver's license. Require 1 month farm experience.