Livestock Worker/Ranch hand

H2ajobs; Bradfordsville (KY); On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals access

Transportation provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a Livestock Worker/Ranch Hand (Skill Level II) to feed and water livestock, monitor health, and support breeding and calving activities on a beef cattle operation in Kentucky. The role requires practical farm work, endurance, and the ability to operate tractors and equipment.

Housing is provided, meals access, and transportation support. Candidates should have at least 12 months of relevant experience, be able to pass background checks, and meet physical demands, including

Qualifications

• 12 months experience with equipment noted in job description.
• Ability to assist with calving in harsh winter conditions.
• Ability to identify sick livestock and administer medicine.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock and monitor supplies.
• Move livestock between pastures, ranges, or enclosures.
• Inspect and repair equipment, pens, and fences; drive trucks when needed.

Skills

Equipment experience

Calving assistance

Disease recognition

Medicine administration

Job description

Livestock Worker/Ranch Hand

Skill Level II

Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to Identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Maintain a heated watering system. Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Move equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. Order food for animals and arrange for its delivery. Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records. Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. Spray livestock with disinfectants and insecticides or dip or bathe animals. Operate snow removal equipment to operate feed wagons. Confine livestock in stalls. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up trucks to town for cattle supplies on occasion. Operate 7000 series or higher JD tractors, skid steerers, hammermills and feed grinders

Required: 12 months experience with equipment noted in job description, assisting with calving in harsh winter conditions, ability to identify sick livestock, and administering medicine to livestock.

Livestock: Beef Cattle

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer shall provide free and convenient access to cooking facilities or a kitchen so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will also provide transportation, at least once each week to assure that workers have access to stores.

Transport: The employer will permit workers eligible for travel reimbursement to select any means of transportation they choose, and employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges

Experience wanted: 12 months

Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.