Livestock Farmworker

Jerome Folvag; Williston (ND); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs in Williston, ND seeks workers for cattle operations. Duties include herd health, feeding cattle, checking water, cleaning pens, barns, corrals, and assisting with sorting, weighing, branding, and low-stress handling.

Qualifications: at least 3 months verifiable experience, ability to lift 50 lbs, and a valid state driver’s license. Housing and meals are employer-provided; transportation assistance is available for town trips.

Qualifications

• 3 months verifiable experience required.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Valid state driver’s license (non-commercial).

Responsibilities

• Feed cattle with corn silage and hay, check drinking-water, clean troughs, tanks and watering equipment.
• Maintain corrals, pens, stalls, barns and other animal-handling areas; assist with sorting, weighing and branding.
• Observe herd health, vaccinations, pregnancy checks and low-stress handling.

Skills

Cattle handling experience

Driver's license

Job description

Employees will perform all work on cattle/cow/calf operations under SOC 45-2093 — 100% of work performed, focusing on maintaining herd health while cattle are confined and keeping the operation functioning properly. The work includes feeding cattle corn silage and hay, checking drinking-water supplies, cleaning troughs, tanks, and watering equipment, and keeping water wells working properly so livestock have reliable water access. Employees will also clean pens, stalls, barns, chutes, and other animal-handling areas, as well as build and clean corrals and shelters as needed. Herd care duties include vaccinations and pregnancy checking cows, and assisting with sorting, weighing, branding, and low-stress handling. Employees will maintain corrals, buildings, improvements, and livestock equipment used for proper cattle management while observing safe practices and using knowledge of cattle handling throughout daily operations. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience.

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

Experience wanted: 3 months Job requires lifting up to 50 lbs. Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.