Livestock Worker

Z and Z Feeders LLP; Hebron (ND); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

H2ajobs in Hebron, North Dakota, seeks farm laborers to tend cattle, vaccinate, feed, and load livestock. Duties include operating pay loader, pickup and trailer, tractor for pulling a feeder wagon, skid steer, snow removal equipment, and manure handling gear in varying weather conditions.

Employer-provided housing (including mobile or range) and meals are offered. Transportation reimbursement after 50% of the contract, with travel from country of origin arranged or reimbursed as per 20 CFR

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 2 months.
• Must lift 50 pounds and tend to livestock in subfreezing temperatures.
• Criminal background checks may occur post-hire.

Responsibilities

• Tend to livestock including caring, vaccinating, feeding, and loading cattle.
• Operate pay loader, pickup and trailer, tractor for pulling a feeder wagon, skid steer, snow removal equipment, and manure hauling equipment.
• Daily duties may vary depending on livestock and weather conditions.

Job description

Employees will be tending to livestock which includes caring, vaccinating, feeding, and loading cattle. Job duties also include the operation of pay loader, pick up and trailer, tractor for pulling a feeder wagon, skid steer, snow removal equipment, and manure hauling and spreading equipment. Daily duties may vary depending on livestock and weather conditions. 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.

Employees will be provided time for lunch and breaks during the work day.

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

Employees must be able to lift 50 pound bags, tend to livestock in sub zero temperatures, and remove snow from feed banks. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying weather conditions, including subfreezing temperatures, and repetitive movements. Criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers. If employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers, the employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to OFLC and DHS in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(n).