WINTER RANGE SHEEPHERDER

H2ajobs; Bruin Point (UT); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing: Employer-provided range

Meals: three meals/day or facility to自

Water: minimum 4.5 gallons/day

Transport: Employer-arranged travel

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking a livestock herder to manage 800-1000 head flocks on a predominantly on-range schedule. The role requires who can work in extreme winter conditions and ensure the health and safety of sheep, goats, horses, and dogs through vigilant monitoring and feeding practices.

The candidate must have 3 months of experience and provide one reference. Housing is employer-provided; on-call hours may apply, with meals and water provision as described.

Qualifications

• Experience handling livestock in extreme winter conditions.
• Ability to identify risk of storm periods and take preventive actions.
• Ability to monitor nutritional needs and ensure water access in freezing temperatures.

Responsibilities

• Provide range-based livestock herding for 800-1000 head flocks with 3 months experience.
• Identify approaching storms and take precautions to prevent livestock from drifting against fences and freezing.
• Monitor snow levels, ensure water supply, and distribute emergency feed as needed.
• Work out on range with on-call responsibilities up to 24 hours.

Job description

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. The employee must be able to identify approaching storm periods and make precautions to prevent the herd from drifting against a fence line where they pile up and get drifted over with snow and freeze to death. The herder must be experienced in handling extreme winter conditions on a range to prevent death in sheep, goats, horses, and dogs. Due to animals exerting more energy during the winter months especially in extreme winter weather, the herder will need to monitor the nutritional needs of an animal throughout winter. Ensure that animals have access to unfrozen water and to distribute emergency supplemental feed. Monitor snow levels to prevent sheep/goats from being paralyzed in deep snow or caught up against a fence. Herders need to have experience in identifying animals who are not getting enough nutrition, keeping a fresh supply of water in freezing temperatures, and how to maintain animals in extreme weather conditions. 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 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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