RANGE LAMBER

H2ajobs; California; On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing (range)

Three meals per day or meals provided

Transportation arranged to/from work

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a range herder with proven lambing experience to work on open range with flocks of 200+ head. Responsibilities include moving ewes to lambing grounds, assisting during labor, docking and branding tasks, and ensuring water supply on the range.

Some duties occur off the range, but most work is on the range, with live-in housing and meals provided. Responsibilities include health monitoring, assisting with difficult births, and managing fences and portable equipment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 months of experience birthing ewes with large herds.
• Ability to identify signs of labor and assist during difficult births.
• Demonstrated skill in moving and handling ewes and lambs on range.

Responsibilities

• Move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds and protect lambs during labor.
• Assist with lambing, docking, shearing and vaccination tasks as needed.
• Provide water and basic maintenance to troughs and lines; haul water if needed.
• Disperse sheep on range to optimize bonding and reduce overcrowding.
• Assist with branding, castration, tagging, worming; catch lambs with a hook.
• Move ewes and lambs to summer range grounds; set and move portable fencing.

Skills

Lambing experience

Pasture/range work

Animal husbandry

Water management

Job description

Workers must have at least 3 months of experience birthing ewes with herds of 200 head or larger on the open range or pasture. One reference required.

May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant ewes to lambing grounds. Be able to identify signs of ewes going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse sheep on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding. Protect vulnerable lambs & ewes in labor from predators. Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move ewes and lambs to summer range grounds. May assist in setting and moving portable fence

Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western

Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing neglecting or abandoning animals entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit if it can be shown that the shortage, breakage or loss was caused by a dishonest or willful act or by the gross negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week***

• Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)


• Meals: Housing contains free and convenient cooking facilities and employer will provide three prepared meals a day or adequate food, free of charge, based on the requisition by worker, for workers to prepare their own meals while in camp or on the range. Employer may at times provide prepared meals for workers consumption. Employer will provide worker a minimum of 4.5 gallons of potable water per day per worker for drinking and cooking purposes. Additional clean water will be provided to meet the workers laundry and bathing needs


• Transport: Transportation from point of recruitment to worksite and from the worksite back to the point of recruitment will be arranged and provided by Employer. Employer will reimburse worker for subsistence costs during travel to worksite no later than the end of the first pay period and from the worksite at the end of the job based on rates established in the applicable regulations.

Experience wanted: 3 months

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