Livestock Worker

H2ajobs; Deville (LA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meal facilities on-site

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a livestock handler to tend cattle and manage daily farm duties on our Louisiana operation. You will feed, vaccinate, calve, tag cattle, and assist with calving and weaning while operating tractors and related equipment.

Responsibilities include maintaining clean pens and sheds, repairing fences, and ensuring safe, well-maintained livestock facilities under varied weather. A driver's license within 30 days is required, and basic English and math skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 2 months experience in livestock handling or similar
• Able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days
• Basic English literacy and math skills required
• Willing to work in varied weather and perform physically demanding tasks

Responsibilities

• Tend to cattle multiple times daily: feeding, vaccinating, calving, tagging.
• Inspect, water, and maintain mineral feeders; assist with calving/breeding as needed.
• Operate tractors, mowers and other farm equipment; perform routine maintenance.
• Maintain and clean livestock storage sheds, pens, and equipment; ensure organized work areas.
• Check and repair property borders and fences as required

Skills

Livestock handling

Basic English literacy

Math skills

Driver's license readiness

Tools

Tractors

Mowers

Non-CDL farm trucks

Balers

Job description

Job requires tending to livestock in the forms of checking cattle multiple times a day, feeding and maintaining mineral feeders, examining, watering, vaccinating, working, and tagging cattle; calving cows and bred heifers, occasionally lifting and carrying newborn calves, weaning calves from cows; operating various equipment related to the care and including, but not limited to, tractors, mowers, non-CDL farm trucks, and balers. Job also requires performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of livestock related storage sheds, buildings, pens, and farm equipment; ensuring operational areas for livestock care are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and livestock related agricultural equipment; regularly servicing equipment related to the care of livestock; checking and repairing property boarders. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or engage in various general functions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

• Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
• Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient kitchen and cooking facilities to prepare meals. The workers will be allowed time to drive themselves or will be transported to a store or market to purchase their own food and cooking supplies. Employer provided housing contains a refrigerator, stove, oven, and operational sink with hot and cold water under pressure. In the event that the workers are unable to prepare meals at the housing location, the employer will provide three sufficient meals a day free of charge.
• Transport: After worker has completed 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of employment. Employee transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or own vehicle; whichever is most economical. The employer will properly reimburse employees for such travel as defined in 20 CFR 655.122(h). Continued in Addendum C.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy and math skills are required. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions and extensive pushing, pulling, sitting, walking, stooping, and bending.