Farmworker

H2ajobs; Crosbyton (TX); On-site; USD 16,531,000 - 22,042,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Free meals

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking seasonal farm help for a sheep operation in Crosbyton, Texas. Duties include caring for sheep during confinement, maintaining water supply, and assisting with lambing, branding, and vaccinations.

Employment features employer-provided housing and meals, with duties intensifying during lambing season. Responsibilities will also include moving sheep between pastures, transporting animals when needed, and performing general farm tasks through the confinement period (Dec–Nov).

Qualifications

• Must have a regular driver's license.
• No prior experience required; experience wanted: 0 months.

Responsibilities

• Care for sheep during confinement (Dec–Mar).
• Check water tanks and haul water by pickup truck to ensure water access.
• Identify and treat sick sheep as needed.
• Move sheep to dry lot in December and feed daily.
• Assist with pulling a lamb and transport to the veterinarian if needed.
• Lambing occurs in November; sheep are moved to lambing pastures for lambing period.
• Branding and vaccination of ewes and lambs in March before release to summer pasture.
• Perform general farm duties as assigned.

Skills

Driver's license

Seasonal work

Job description

We have sheep that will need to be cared for from December to the end of March. Sheep will be confined for winter lambing. Employees will need to care for sheep during the confinement period. Employees will need to check the water tanks, and using a pickup truck for hauling water, to make sure there is water always available, check to be sure there are no sick sheep, and doctoring when needed. In December, the sheep will need to be moved to a dry lot where they will need to be fed daily. Employee duties will include assisting with pulling a lamb, trailering them to the veterinarian if needed, and doctoring lambs. In November sheep will be put into their lambing pastures to lamb. In March, they will be branded and vaccinated before released to summer pasture. Employees will complete all sheep care as assigned, and some general farm duties. In April, ewes and lambs will be moved to grass pasture where they will be grazing until the confinement period in November. No care, feeding or water will be needed while in pastures. We only need seasonal assistance during the very labor-intensive lambing season.

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: 0 months

Job requires extensive sitting, pushing, pulling, walking, frequent stooping, repetitive movements, and exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures. Must have a regular drivers license.