General Farm Worker

H2ajobs; Killdeer (ND); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation assistance

Job summary

H2ajobs in the United States (North Dakota) seeks a farmhand to prepare calving facilities, calve calves during the calving season, medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal illnesses, and care for newborn calves and nursing mothers.

You will monitor calves and nursing mothers, isolate sick animals, provide feed during snowy periods, perform basic maintenance, move cattle to summer pastures and assist with grain transport and equipment upkeep.

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 2 months.
• Drivers license required within 30 days and clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Prepare calving facility and calve out calves during the calving season.
• Medicate, vaccinate and treat seasonal illnesses; care for newborn calves and nursing mothers.
• Monitor newborn calves and nursing mothers; isolate sick calves.
• Feed cattle during snowy periods when pasture is not available; add dry bedding.
• Move cattle to summer grazing pastures and transport grain to markets; assist with basic farm upkeep and shop work.

Job description

Prepare calving facility. Calve out calves during the calving season. Medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal sicknesses. Care for newborn calves and nursing mothers. Monitor newborn calves and nursing mothers. Isolate sick calves. Feed cattle during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasturelands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Add dry bedding. Remove snow from farm property. Break ice formation in water tanks daily. Fix and repair fencing damaged by drifting snow. Move cattle out to summer grazing pastures. Transport grain to markets. Basic farm upkeep duties such as servicing equipment, facility upkeep and shop work.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week.

Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Drivers license in 30 days. Clean driving record required.