Farmworker

H2ajobs; Blair (NE); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation support

Job summary

H2ajobs in Blair, Nebraska seeks a farm hand to care for cattle through winter months, from December to March. Responsibilities include monitoring herd health, feeding cattle, and moving animals between cornstalks, dry lot, and pasture. Calving season adds extra duties and requires regular checks.

Calving tasks include checking cows three times daily, pulling calves, tagging, and treating calves when needed, along with general farm duties in all conditions.

Qualifications

• Experience required: 3 months.
• Must have regular driver's license.
• Able to lift 50 lbs.
• Exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

• Tend to cattle on cornstalks and during calving periods.
• Assist with feeding and checking for sick cattle.
• Calving duties: check cows 3 times daily, pull calves, tag and treat calves.
• Perform general farm tasks as needed.

Job description

Job Responsibilities

We have cattle that will need cared for through the winter months, from December to March. Cattle will be on corn stalks until they are close to calving, moved to a dry lot while calving, then moved back to stalks until they are ready to be moved to pasture. Duties will include tending to cattle while they are on cornstalks, and assist with feeding, checking for sick cattle and doctoring when needed. During calving cows will need checked 3 times per day. Employees will be expected to pull calves when needed, tag calves, and treating calves when needed. Employees will help with general farm duties throughout the season.

Benefits

• 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.

Requirements

Experience wanted: 3 months

Job requires extensive walking, sitting, pushing, pulling, repetitive movements, frequent stooping and exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures. Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employer will conduct post-hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ anyone with a felony/theft criminal background as required by the workplace safety policy and company HR hiring practices as allowed by law. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires a regular drivers license . Requires 3 months experience.