RANGE LAMBER

H2ajobs; Rio Vista (CA); In loco; USD 25.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transportation to worksite provided

Descrizione del lavoro

Western Range Association seeks a reliable herder to manage flocks on open range and pasture in California. Duties include moving pregnant ewes, assisting lambing, docking, tagging, worming, and protecting lambs from predators.

Requires at least 3 months of experience with large herds, ability to drive trucks, and willingness to live in employer-provided range housing. Housing includes meals and water provisions; travel to and from worksite arranged.

Competenze

• At least 3 months of experience birthing ewes with 200+ head flocks.
• Experience moving ewes to lambing grounds and assisting during labor.
• Ability to identify labor signs and assist during difficult births.
• Willingness to live in employer-provided housing on range.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license may be required.

Mansioni

• Move ewes and lambs among range and summer grounds.
• Assist with lambing, docking, tagging, vaccination, and worming.
• Provide water and maintain water troughs and lines.
• Protect lambs and ewes from predators.
• Load/unload sheep from trailers as needed.
• Disperse sheep to prevent overcrowding and support bonding.

Conoscenze

3 months experience

Animal husbandry

Driver license

Descrizione del lavoro

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. Workers may be asked to obtain a valid U.S. driver license and operate a motor vehicle on an incidental basis. The employer will be responsible for all cost when obtaining a driver license for the worker.The worker may drive a vehicle to assist in watering sheep or hauling sheep to another location. May assist with the loading and unloading of sheep into or out of trailers. 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 that is the result of 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. The range consists of private, state and BLM leases which encompasses thousands of acres of land that is uncultivated. Workers Workers must return to a fixed site bunkhouse each night. More than 50% of work is performed on the range for the majority of workdays in the work contact period. All other work is closely related to production of sheep. Workers are alerted to situations requiring the herder’s immediate attention (e.g. predator attack) by sheepdogs. It does not take long for the herder to reach the herd.

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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