RANGE LAMBER

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

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transportation arranged

Job summary

H2ajobs in Tulare, CA seeks workers for lambing season. Must have 3 months experience birthing ewes of flocks 600 head or larger. Tasks include identifying pregnancy signs, assisting with births, tagging and nursing newborns, and moving sheep between pastures.

Housing and meals are provided by the employer, with three meals a day or adequate food and water, plus transportation arrangements from recruitment to the worksite.

Qualifications

• Must have 3 months experience birthing ewes of flocks 600 head or larger.
• Ability to identify signs of labor complications and assist with births.
• Experience in moving, tagging and basic care of newborn lambs.

Responsibilities

• Identify and sort pregnant ewes from late-pregnant ewes and separate groups.
• Assist with lambing, including difficult births and neonatal care.
• Administer vaccines and nutritive supplements as directed.
• Move ewes and newborns between fields and pens as needed.
• Support with loading/unloading, fencing, and general lambing duties.

Skills

Animal handling

Livestock observation

Job description

Must have 3 months experience birthing ewes of flocks of 600 head or larger. Workers may be asked but not required to obtain a valid U.S. driver’s license and operate a motor vehicle. One reference required. Must be able to preform the following seasonal duties at direction of the employer. Identify and sort heavy pregnant ewes from late pregnant ewes and separate groups accordingly, with help of the supervisor. Move pregnant ewes to birthing fields and pastures. Be able to identify animals for signs/symptoms of potential labor complications associated with the pregnancy and delivery process. Assist appropriately with difficult births to include, but not limited to; constraining animals as necessary and assisting in lamb delivery, grafting orphans or multiples to ensure optimal nutrition and survival rates. Examine and identify animals for sign of illness particularly related to gestation/ delivery and administer vaccines, medications, nutritive supplements according to instructions. Help with unloading of mothers and babies and ensure lambs are with correct ewe and nursing effectively. Assist newborns with suckling the mother ewe or grafting onto a new ewe. Feed and water sheep during lambing period. May assist in tagging, vaccinating, worming and castration and docking of sheep. Ability to move family groups into field and watch for signs of lambs loosing their mothers and assist with their relocation to reunite with the mother ewe. Able to identify health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of ewes, fever pneumonia, foot rot, prolapse and mastitis. Ability to safely and humanely catch ewes and lambs with a hook. Ability to Incidentally construct, deconstruct and maintain temporary and mobile fencing systems to allow for the efficient and effective grazing of lambing ewes during the lambing season, to ensure ample, sufficient and proper pasture nutrition for the sheep is always provided, thereby constantly achieving the highest animal welfare standard possible. Animal welfare is our highest priority and main objective. Provides water to animals, including mild maintenance of water systems. Assists with branding, castrating, docking, shearing/tagging. Manages sheep on the range to reduce overcrowding and to increase maternal/ offspring bonding. Protects vulnerable sheep from predators by managing and feeding LGD ( Livestock Guardian Dogs). Protects sheep from eating noxious vegetation. Occasionally, driver/header will pick up mothers and babies from one lambing location and safely deliver another for mothering up period. May need to haul and disburse water and/or supplemental feed with truck and trailer. Will include minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. Assist with loading and unloading of sheep in trailers, constructing and deconstructing portable corrals. Will assist in moving sheep from one location to another with truck and trailer or moving herder trailer to new location.

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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