Farmworker

H2ajobs; Muleshoe (TX); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Free meals

Transportation to town

Job summary

H2ajobs in Texas seeks seasonal farm workers to care for cattle from December to May. Tasks include preparing pens, tagging, branding, and doctoring, feeding and watering daily; rotating cattle to temporary grazing areas as needed.

Position requires no prior experience; employer may offer performance-based increases. Housing and meals provided; valid driver's license and ability to lift 50 lbs are required.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare pens before cattle arrival and care for cattle daily.
• Tag, brand and doctor cattle as needed.
• Provide feed and water daily; assist with rotating cattle to grazing areas.
• Sort, count, load and weigh cattle shipments during peak season.
• Perform general farm duties as assigned.

Skills

Physical strength

Driver's license

Outdoor work

Job description

We have cattle that will need to be cared for from December to May. Cattle will be shipped to us in December. Before they arrive, pens will need to be prepared. Upon cattle arriving they will need to be processed. Processing includes tagging, branding, and doctoring. Anticipating our average freeze in October, we will prepare to begin to rotate cattle to be grazed in temporary fenced areas. These cattle will need to be provided feed and water daily. Employees will complete all cattle care as assigned, and some general farm duties. This routine will continue throughout the winter months of October through April. In April cows will be sold or shipped to market and will require sorting, counting, loading, and occasional weighing of cattle shipments. As this is a seasonal order of activity, we only need seasonal assistance during the very labor-intensive cattle raising season. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at the previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

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

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. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license.