Farmworker/Herder

Briscoe Ranch, Inc; Catarina (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to stores

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a livestock range herder to perform duties on an open range. Responsibilities include feeding, watering, and herding livestock, plus basic medical and maintenance tasks. Housing and meals are provided; workers may be on call for up to 24 hours/day.

A minimum of 6 months verifiable experience and ability to work independently on a large ranch are required. The ranch operates across expansive open ranges with housing provided on-site.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months verifiable work experience.
• Experience living and working in isolated range settings.
• Ability to navigate and maintain bearings to grazing areas.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock.
• Herd livestock to pasture for grazing.
• Inspect animals to detect diseases or injuries.
• Assist with vaccinations by herding into corral.
• Apply medications to cuts and bruises.
• Spray livestock with insecticide.
• Assist with castration.
• Clip ID marks or brands on animals.
• Repair and clean fence lines.

Skills

Riding horses

Livestock herding

Independent field work

Job description

Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the open range: feeds and waters livestock, herds livestock to pasture for grazing; examines animals to detect diseases and injuries; assists with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corral and or stall manually restraining animal on the range; applies medications to cuts and bruises; sprays livestock with insecticide; assists with castration; clips ID notches on or brands animals. Will repair and clean fence lines. Must be able to ride and handle horses in a manner to assure the safety of the worker, co worker, and livestock. Must be able to find and maintain bearings to grazing areas. Must be willing and able to occasionally live and work independently or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. 9 hours per day is normal but workers may be on call for up to 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Minimum 6 months verifiable work experience required. The employer confirms that a minimum of 90% of the work contract shall be performed on the range for the total number of workdays requested.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchens, utilities, cooking and eating utensils will be provided at no cost to occupants of Employer-provided housing. Employer will provide an adequate provision of food that includes a daily source of protein, fruits and vegetables, vitamins and minerals, and an adequate supply of potable water, Food is provided to the workers without charge or deposit. Employer will also provide (on a weekly basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and toiletries. The workers have access to employer-provided kitchen facilities in H-2A ranch housing, which is located within close proximity to the range. Workers can prepare meals in ranch housing kitchen facilities to bring with them while working away from housing on the range.

No kitchen facilities or meals are provided to workers not occupying Employer-provided housing.

Transport: The employer offers prearranged chartered or commercial bus, van, or plane whichever is the most economical and reasonable means for the distance involved for the inbound and outbound workers travel.

Experience wanted: 6 months

The employer confirms that a minimum of 90% of the work contract shall be performed on the range for the total number of workdays requested. The ranch consists of hundreds of square miles of ground and is home to many thousand head of livestock. The ranch housing is located on the ranch and is considered traditional style housing, not tented temporary housing which is commonly found in many Range Herder operations. Although workers will be living in fixed site housing, they do not work in the house and do in fact spend their days on the open range. On Sundays when a worker is given the day off, other ranch personnel work in coordination to cover this day but, If a herders immediate attention is required on the range, such as a predator attack, the range worker is alerted to it via his two way radio or cell phone, both of which are provided to the range worker at no charge to the worker.