Farmworker

H2ajobs; Wild Horse (CO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking seasonal laborers for a cow/calf operation in Colorado from December through the end of March. Workers will monitor a herd of 750+ head, feed and water cattle, assist with calving, tag calves, document outcomes, and move cattle as needed.

Duties include operating a farm truck, maintaining fences, and occasional transportation to town for personal services. Experience is welcomed; a valid driver’s license is required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform extensive walking, pushing, pulling, and repetitive movements in outdoor conditions.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Post-hire drug tests may be conducted; drug-free workplace policy enforced.

Responsibilities

• Monitor herd multiple times daily; ensure animals are fed and watered.
• Assist cows during calving in paddocks and corrals.
• Tag new calves and document deaths; log tags and movements.
• Move and transport cattle using farm equipment; haul to veterinarian when needed.
• Maintain fences and corrals; assist with housing, feeding, and water access.

Skills

Physical stamina

Driving

Lifting 50 lbs

Job description

We have a cow/calf operation with a herd of over 750 head of cows. The ranch needs seasonal labor from December to the end of March each year to assist with monitoring, feeding, watering, and helping cows deliver their calves in the calving paddocks and corrals near the barns. During this time, workers are needed to check the herd multiple times per day to ensure they are fed and have access to water, assist cows with calving as needed, identify, and treat sick animals or haul them to a veterinarian, document and tag new calves, log deaths, ensure the animals are in the correct locations, as necessary. Employees must be available during the busy calving season to perform these duties, which include assisting cows having trouble calving, feeding the herd using a farm truck, maintaining fences and corrals, documenting, and tagging new calves, logging deaths, identifying, and treating or isolating sick cows and calves, and hauling them to the veterinarian as needed. At the end of the season help is no longer needed as calves are sold and cows will be sent off to summer pasture. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion. 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: 3 months

Job requires extensive walking, 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. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires a regular drivers license. Requires 3 months experience.