RANGE LIVESTOCK WORKER

H2ajobs; Winnemucca (NV); On-site; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Three prepared meals per day

Transportation to worksite

Job summary

H2ajobs seeks a ranch hand to care for livestock on Nevada's range. You will feed, water, herd, and monitor animals, assist with births and health checks, and protect stock from predators and hazards. The role requires handling of horses and equipment in a remote, on-site setting.

Willingness to live in employer housing, work long hours, and travel to range sites is essential. Prior experience and comfort in outdoor conditions are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience with livestock range work preferred (3 months+).
• Ability to live and work in remote housing provided by the employer.
• Comfort outdoors in all weather, with exposure to wildlife and hazards.
• Capable of handling and riding horses safely.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock and ensure adequate provision.
• Move herd to grazing areas as directed.
• Assist with birthing and monitor health of offspring.
• Inspect animals for diseases or injuries and respond as needed.
• Guard livestock from predators and avoid poisonous plants.
• Assist with vaccination, castration, and notches as required.
• Operate range equipment and maintain fences and facilities.
• Care for guard and working dogs and horses on site.
• Work with limited supervision in isolated settings.

Skills

Horse riding

Livestock handling

Independent work

Physical stamina

Tools

ATV operation

Fence repair tools

Job description

Required to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range: feed and water livestock and/or ensure adequate provision of both; herd livestock to appropriate grazing areas; assist animals with birthing and health of offspring; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; guard animals from predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; assist with the vaccination of livestock by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals; apply medications to cuts and bruises; spray livestock with insecticide; assist with castration of livestock; clip identifying notches on or brand animals; may assist with irrigating forage for livestock, weed control on grazing areas (including noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species) or building and repairing fence and livestock facilities to contain or protect livestock; may assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and livestock handling facilities necessary to livestock production. Feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working) and horses that assist a herder in caring for the livestock. May be required to ride and handle horses in a manner to assure the safety of the worker, co-workers, and livestock. Employee must be willing to; perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time and maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner. The job may entail working with and around farm machinery such as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATV'sfor movement of livestock, periodically. Employee will work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to herding hazards such as poisonous snakes and predators. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 50% 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 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

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 upon presentation of receipts 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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