Farmworker

H2ajobs; Owenton (KY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing

Meals

Transport

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers to care for livestock, feed and water supplies, and monitor animal health. Duties include assisting with breeding, handling equipment, and coordinating transportation and housing arrangements for farm operations.

Applicants should be physically fit, able to stand and bend for long periods, and prepared for variable weather. Background checks and drug testing may be required after employment begins.

Qualifications

• Experience or willingness to work with livestock and manage feeding and water systems.
• Must be physically fit to stand, bend, stoop and perform repetitive tasks for long periods.
• Ability to follow safety protocols and handle potential drug/alcohol testing as required.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock and monitor supplies.
• Administer medications and vaccines or arrange veterinary care as needed.
• Identify livestock ownership with brands, tags, or tattoos and segregate by weight/age/color/breed.
• Inspect equipment, pens, yards and assist in moving livestock or equipment.
• Mix feed, additives and medicines per prescribed portions and manage grazing movements.
• Assist with breeding, artificial insemination, and calving events when required.
• Maintain heated water systems and manage housing, bedding, and transport logistics.
• Observing weather and animal conditions and reporting needs to management.

Skills

Livestock handling

Physical fitness

Observation skills

Willingness to work long hours

Tools

ATV operation

Job description

Skill Level 1

Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to identify ownership, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, breed and physical condition when needed. Inspect and upkeep equipment, structures, pens, and yards. Assist in moving equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks and trailers. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Shift animals between grazing or feed areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. Maintain heated watering system and remove ice formed in water. Confine livestock in stalls as needed. Notify management when feed, Hay, bedding or supplies are needed. Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, assisting with artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. Assist patrolling grazing lands small lots and barns on foot or using all-terrain vehicles. Apply insecticides to animals. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Operate feed mix wagons, tractors to feed hay and silage to livestock feeding areas, and load manure and apply to fields. Livestock: Beef Cattle, Sheep.

General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. Workers may be requested to ten (10) hours per day depending on weather and animal conditions. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Down time: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Worker may be required to work in weather that requires clothing for conditions which include light rain/snow and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 90 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stoop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer shall provide free and convenient access to cooking facilities or a kitchen so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will also provide transportation, at least once each week to assure that workers have access to stores.

Transport: The employer will permit workers eligible for travel reimbursement to select any means of transportation they choose, and employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges

Experience wanted: 0 months

Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.