Seasonal Ranch Hand

H2ajobs; Woonsocket (SD); On-site; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation reimbursement

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a farm laborer to move cattle, calve calves, and care for newborns during the cold South Dakota winters. You will medicate calves, manage sick livestock, and transport feed across large pasture lands.

The role requires driving duties, snow removal, ice-breaking in water tanks, and general farm upkeep. Housing and meals are provided, with transportation arrangements as needed.

Qualifications

• 6 months of experience required.
• Driver's license within 30 days; clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Move cattle between large-acreage pastures and winter facilities.
• Calve calves during the calving season.
• Medicate, vaccinate, and treat seasonal sicknesses.
• Care for newborn calves and nursing mothers in extreme cold.
• Isolate sick calves to prevent disease spread.
• Transport livestock feed to feeding sites.
• Feed cattle during snowy/subfreezing periods.
• Remove snow from the farm property.
• Break ice in water tanks daily.
• Perform basic farm upkeep and maintenance.

Skills

Animal handling

Driving

Farm maintenance

Job description

Move cattle from large-acreage seasonal pasturelands into winter facilities at the beginning of the snowy/cold weather period. Calve out calves during the calving season. Medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal sicknesses. Care for newborn calves and nursing mothers during the cold weather period when they require additional care due to extremely cold temperatures and seasonal sicknesses. Isolate sick calves. Transport livestock feed. Feed cattle during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasturelands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Remove snow from farm property. Break ice formation in water tanks daily. Basic farm upkeep.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week.

Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period.

Experience wanted: 6 months

Drivers license in 30 days. Clean driving record required