Livestock Worker

H2ajobs; Tutwiler (MS); On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs in Tutwiler, Mississippi, is seeking workers for hands-on farm tasks including feeding and checking livestock, assisting with vet visits and medication administration. Housing and meals are provided on-site, with travel reimbursement after 50% of the contract period.

Basic English is required and a driver's license must be obtained within 30 days of hire. The role involves planting grass, cleaning pens, and loading livestock into trailers or farm trucks, plus duties related to grain

Qualifications

• 2 months of experience required in similar farm work.
• Must have or obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire.
• Basic English literacy required.

Responsibilities

• Feed livestock and check livestock.
• Assist with vet visits and medication administration.
• Plant grass and maintain property borders and barns.
• Clean pens and load livestock into transport trailers.
• Load livestock into non-CDL farm trucks for transport to destinations at season end.
• Assist with grain shipping and farm operations.

Skills

Basic English literacy

Driver's license

Job description

The job will require workers to do the following tasks: feeding livestock, checking livestock, assisting with vet visits, assisting with medication administration, planting grass, cleaning pens, loading livestock into transport trailers. Non-CDL farm trucks will be loaded with livestock to haul where needed at the end of the winter and will be used to ship grain out. Employees will perform manual duties such as maintaining property borders and barns on the farm. 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 skills are required.