Ranch Hand

H2ajobs; Hinton (IA); Sur place; USD 25 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Housing provided

Free meals

Transportation assistance

Résumé du poste

H2ajobs is seeking workers for winter cattle care at our Iowa feedlot. Duties include feeding, bedding, cleaning pens, and assisting with equipment maintenance from December through April. You will also manage snow removal, manure spreading, and seasonal yard work to keep pens dry and cattle healthy.

From spring to fall, duties expand to preparing cattle for seasonal health issues, cleaning stalls, and seasonal field work. Housing and meals are provided, with transportation support as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience wanted: 3 months.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs and perform heavy physical work.
• Must have a regular driver's license and 3 months experience.

Responsabilités

• Feed cattle daily during December–April.
• Put bedding down daily to keep pens dry and comfortable.
• Assist with pen maintenance, cleaning, sweeping, washing, and equipment repairs.

Connaissances

Regular driver's license

Stamina & physical endurance

Description du poste

Winter months in Iowa are very cold and we need to put bedding down for cattle while they are confined to keep the pens dry, employees will assist with pen maintenance and pen repairs during this time. We confine our cattle in pens during the winter to keep them away from the elements. During this time (December-April), we need to feed the cattle daily since they are not able to graze freely in pastures. From December until the spring (April) employees will need to assist with putting down bedding for cattle daily to ensure cattle are comfortable and run at peak performance. At the feedlot cattle wellbeing comes first. We run a well-kept farm. We process cattle, moving, sweeping, washing, and repairing equipment. We scrape and haul snow from pens to keep the mud away to also assist with keeping the pens dry. We pump and spread manure on fields all winter. In the spring we need to prepare cattle and work them to take care of any winter related health issues. This requires additional assistance with cattle during this time. When things dry out in the spring, we completely clean out the pens and haul dirt to fill any holes caused by the winter weather. We mow the fields. Cattle are returned to fields for grazing and no further manual care is needed until the next winter. We then clean farm stalls and equipment. We also bale some grass and hay and spray for weeds around the farm. During the summer months of May through August we plant corn and grasses to then be harvested in the fall. In August through October, we put up roughly 350,000 bushels of wet corn which takes a lot of time. After we finish putting up corn, we bale 4,000 round bales of stalks, which will be gathered and piled for winter usage. Employees will need to operate a tractor with a baler and rake to make bales. Employees will also need to pile 5,000 ton of corn roughage to prepare for the next winter.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.

Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.

Experience wanted: 3 months

Job requires extensive walking, pushing, pulling, frequent stooping and exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular drivers license and 3 months experience.