- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 2
- Job Duties:
- Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to
scales, trucks, or other enclosures. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check
physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering
medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Mark
livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Segregate animals according
to weight, age, color, and physical condition. Maintain equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and
fences. Move equipment or livestock from one location to another on the farm. Clean stalls, pens, and
equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Mix feed, additives, and
medicines in prescribed portions. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient
access to food. Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate
timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. Spray livestock with
disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate
feed wagons. Drive to town for cattle supplies on occasion. Remove ice formed in water.
Farming with: Beef Cattle
- Job Classification:
- 45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals