- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 3
- 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. Maintain heated watering system. Maintain cattle equipment,
cattle buildings, cattle pens, cattle yards, and cattle fences. Move livestock from one location to
another. 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. Patrol
grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles. Spray livestock with disinfectants and
insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. Snow removal as needed. Drive pick-up truck to town for
cattle supplies on occasion. Remove ice formed in water. No CDL Required and no commercial truck driving required. Confine livestock in stalls. Farming with: Beef Cattle
- Job Classification:
- 45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals