Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

H2ajobs; Hart (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Free meals

Job summary

H2ajobs in Texas seeks a farm laborer to handle cattle care, feeding, milking, and day-to-day farm tasks in a livestock operation.

You will clean stalls and equipment, manage manure, observe animal health, assist with calving and weaning, and maintain records; lifting up to 50 lbs and possible drug testing; housing and meals provided, plus weekly transport to stores for groceries.

Qualifications

• Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the listed duties.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Drug test may be required after hire and workplace policy is enforced.

Responsibilities

• Care for cattle, including feeding, watering, and monitoring health.
• Assist with calving, weaning, and general livestock management.
• Clean stalls, pens, equipment, and manage manure safely.
• Milk cows by hand or machine and maintain records of chores.
• Observe animals for injury or illness and report findings.

Skills

Animal handling

Livestock care

Farm sanitation

Job description

Break ice and thaw lines; ensure barn heaters are operational and maintaining temperature for cattle; adjust ventilation as necessary based on temperatures and weather conditions; maintain clean, sanitary farm areas by cleaning stalls, pens, and equipment with disinfectants, brushes, shovels, hoses, or pumps; handling manure by scraping, piling, and loading; covering/uncovering feed; distributing, additives, and medications in prescribed portions; winterize, clean and maintain farm facilities and equipment systems, including washing parlor walls/floors/pit, bulk tank, feeders, pails, sinks, and pipelines, as well as maintaining and repairing systems, feed troughs, and trucks; keeping records; receiving and moving cattle; providing day to day care for cows, heifers, calves, and yearlings; observing animals for injury, illness, and growth/weight gain; assisting with calving and weaning; ensuring orphan calves receive colostrum immediately after birth; feeding, watering, nursing assistance, vaccinating, medicating, castrating, and providing hay as needed; change and maintain correct teat dips depending on temps and moisture; hand or machine milking; breaking ice in water troughs; sorting, segregating, and herding animals; identifying animals with brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities.

Transport: See Addendum C

Experience wanted: 3 months

Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a drug test at no cost to the worker and be subject to the employers drug free and alcohol free workplace policy including testing protocols. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.