RANGE LAMBER

H2ajobs; Paradise (CA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided (employer)

Meals provided

Transportation provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a range herder to join our open-range operation in California. The role requires at least 3 months of experience birthing sheep or goats with large herds and involves living in employer-provided housing.

Duties include moving pregnant ewes/does to lambing grounds, assisting during labor, and performing tasks such as branding, tagging, deworming, and routine health checks on the range. You will work primarily on the range (over 51%), identify labor signs, restrain animals for

Qualifications

• 3 months experience birthing sheep or goats with large herds on open range or pasture.
• Must provide one reference.
• Experience in lambing, kidding, docking, and shearing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Move pregnant ewes/does to lambing grounds.
• Identify signs of labor and complications during labor.
• Assist during difficult births and restrain animals when needed.
• Graft orphan lambs/kids to mothers and manage animal health.
• Provide water and maintain water troughs and lines.
• Disperse livestock on range and protect from predators.
• Assist in branding, castration, vaccination, tagging, and worming.
• Operate machinery to clean barns.

Skills

Livestock handling

Animal husbandry

Machinery operation

Tools

Machinery operation

Job description

Workers must have at least 3 months of experience birthing sheep or goats with herds of 200 head or larger on the open range or pasture. One reference required. May assist in lambing, kidding, docking, and shearing. The following duties will need to be performed.

• Herder will need to move pregnant ewes/does to lambing/kidding grounds.
• Be able to identify signs of ewes/does 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/does for difficult births and able to graft orphan lambs/kids to mothers.
• Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes/does and lambs/kids, 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/does and lambs/kids if the range has insufficient forage.
• Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and offspring bonding.
• Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs/kids & ewes/does in labor) from predators.
• Move Ewes/does and lambs/kids and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming.
• Ability to safely catch lambs/kids with a hook.
• Herder will need to operate machinery/equipment to clean barns.
• 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 livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause.
• If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions.
• The worker will live in the employer provided 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 that can be shown is the gross result of negligence or by a dishonest or willful act on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted).
• Driving preferred but not required.
• All cost will be the responsibility of the employer.

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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