Livestock Hand

H2ajobs; Center (ND); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation assistance

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a livestock handler to manage animals through winter. Responsibilities include moving cattle to winter pens, monitoring health, and providing care during freezing conditions.

You will feed cattle, add bedding, and break ice in water tanks while ensuring animals have shelter from wind and snow. Housing and meals are provided, with transportation arrangements as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience in livestock handling preferred.
• Drivers license required within 30 days.
• Clean driving record required.

Responsibilities

• Move livestock to winter pens and manage winter housing.
• Monitor health and administer medication and vaccines as needed.
• Feed cattle during snow periods and maintain bedding.
• Break ice in water tanks and ensure animals have wind protection.
• Remove snow and manure; clean, repair and maintain winter pens.

Skills

Livestock care

Vaccination

Medical treatment

Feeding/nutrition

Snow removal

Driving

Physical stamina

Driver's license

Job description

Move livestock to winter pens. Assist in livestock management during the winter months when they require additional care due to subfreezing and fluctuating temperatures and seasonal sicknesses. Monitor livestock health. Medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal sicknesses. Feed cattle during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasturelands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Add dry bedding. Break ice formation in water tanks daily. Ensure livestock have proper wind cover. Remove snow from farm property. Remove manure and apply to fields as fertilizer. Maintain, clean, and repair winter pens.

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.