SHEEPHERDER

H2ajobs; Nuevo (CA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Kitchen facilities and meals

Job summary

Bruno Farms Inc. is seeking a livestock handler to oversee grazing on pasture and protect flocks on large fields. The role requires 3 months of sheep-handling experience for flocks of 800–1000 head, plus the ability to work with guarding dogs and maintain safe grazing practices.

Housing is provided by the employer, and the worker may use supplied transportation to the store for personal needs. The job emphasizes animal husbandry and pasture management and may involve long hours outdoors.

Qualifications

• Must have 3 months experience with 800–1000 head flocks.
• One reference required.
• Experience with pasture grazing and predator control.

Responsibilities

• Attend to sheep grazing on pasture, herd flock and round up strays using trained dogs.
• Guard flock from predatory animals and poisonous plants.
• Construct and tear down electric fencing within pastures.

Skills

Herding sheep

Tools

ATV operation

Horseback herding

Job description

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. Attends sheep grazing on pasture: Herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Attend to sheep grazing on fields to include: Herding sheep in fields or pastures while riding on horseback, riding ATVs, or walking on foot. Guards flock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. Construct and tear down electric fencing within the pastures. Haul water to sheep. Experienced employees hired for this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a herd in fields and pasture so the animals don’t disperse in large open areas, be able to promote proper grazing and predator control. Bruno Farms Inc. 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 is the result of a dishonest or willful act or by the gross negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted).

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Housing contains free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. The employer will furnish a vehicle to the employee covered by this job order, for the employees own use to travel to and from the grocery store to purchase his or her own food. A drivers license is not required for the position; if the employee has a valid drivers license, he or she can drive themselves to the store. Such driving is not part of the employee's work and will occur exclusively for their personal benefit and during their off-hours, at their sole discretion and not at the direction of the employer or for the benefit of the employer or any other employees. If the employee does not have a valid drivers license, the employer will transport them to the store, free of charge.

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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