Ranch Worker

H2ajobs; Plainview (NE); On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Travel reimbursement under H-2A

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a farm laborer in Nebraska to perform feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching and loading cattle for seasonal work.

You will operate trucks and tractors, assist with birthing and vaccinations, and help harvest corn and beans in fall. Housing and meals are provided; travel reimbursement is offered under H-2A rules.

Qualifications

• Experience in farming operations and livestock handling.
• Willingness to perform physically demanding tasks outdoors.

Responsibilities

• Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching and loading cattle.
• Examining animals to detect diseases and ensure herd health.
• Assist with birthing, administering medications or vaccines.
• Drive farm trucks, tractors, and feed wagon to distribute food to cattle.
• Move and store hay using tractor and baler.
• Harvest corn and bean crops in fall.
• Assist with daily feedlot maintenance as needed.

Skills

Farming experience

Job description

Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching, and loading cattle.

Examining animals to detect diseases, injuries and ensure optimum health of the herd.

Assisting in birthing, administering medications, vaccinations, or insecticides.

Drive farm trucks, tractor, and feed wagon to distribute food to the cattle.

Moving and storing hay on the ranch with tractor and baler.

Will harvest corn and bean crops throughout the fall months.

Assist with other daily feedlot maintenance as needed.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Housing provided to the workers have a kitchen where the workers can prepare and cook their own meals three times a day. The kitchen is fully functional and equipped with appliances such as stove and refrigerator - all in working condition. The kitchen is equipped with the necessary utensils for prepping cooking of food, as well as adequate sinks with warm and cold water under pressure. The employer will ensure that workers have access to a grocery store at least once a week to purchase their own food/produce. Workers have access to vehicles to drive themselves to the grocery stores from the house to the stores and back.

Transport: The Employer will, as per H2A regulations, reimburse the worker for travel cost, including daily subsistence rates stipulated at the time, from the worker’s place of residence to the workplace, and upon contract completion, from the workplace back to the worker’s place of residence at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charge for the distance involved, for example return bus and or airfare.

Experience wanted: 3 months

See Addendum C