Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

H2ajobs; Neelyville (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to stores

Job summary

H2ajobs in Neelyville, Missouri is seeking a livestock care worker to feed and water cattle, monitor health, and assist with basic medical tasks as needed.

This role also involves maintaining housing and equipment, transporting supplies, moving livestock between sites, and working outdoors with beef cattle under supervision. Candidates must have two months of verifiable experience and speak English; a valid driver's license and drug test may be required.

Qualifications

• Must speak and understand English.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
• Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics.
• Maintain heated watering system and repair equipment, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
• Move equipment or livestock between locations and transport supplies by truck or cart.
• Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals and collect hair as needed.
• Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides; perform basic care and sanitation.

Skills

English proficiency

Job description

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. Maintain heated watering system. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Move equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Protect herds from predators, using trained dogs. Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate feed wagons. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up truck to

town for cattle supplies on occasion. Farming with: Beef Cattle. Must speak and understand English.

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: 2 months

Two (2) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 60 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.