H-2A · Agriculture

Farm and Ranch

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Kevin Tweten

Nashua, MT — United States

Job duties

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The General Ranch Hand position will be required to perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock and farming operation: monitor, care for and move livestock to pastures for winter feeding while pastures are not producing feed; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist with calving including tagging and weighing calves; place mineral blocks; vaccinate livestock, herd into corral and/or stall and manually restraining animals; apply medications to cuts and bruises; spray livestock with insecticide; assist with castration of livestock; clip identifying notches or brands animals; manually clean stalls/corrals. Preg check and assist in shipping livestock. Must be able to make make minor equipment repairs, and perform routine maintenance and cleaning of farm implements, and operate tractors and farm implements required to plant, cultivate, and harvest hay and other crops (wheat, canola, peas); must manually hoist/stack hay bales; pick rocks, basic fence maintenance to existing lines. Irrigation of crop and hay ground. Must be able to find and maintain bearings to grazing areas. The job entails working around farm machinery, a variety of farm animals as well as exposure to predators. Most duties are performed out of doors, and entail exposure to extreme heat, cold, dust, rain and other environmental conditions. Worker must be able to crouch, bend, lift and carry up to 100 pounds. Additional hours and split shifts needed during haying, calving season. Driving is required on ranch only but if they have a valid drivers license may drive off the ranch. Increase pay and bonus may be possible depending on experience.

Requirements

Employer provided items (at no cost to the worker): All tools and equipment necessary to perform the duties assigned as well as transportation between worker(s) on-site housing and the work site. A cell phone or two-way radio will be provided for emergency and ranch communications at no cost to the worker (excluding long distance charges). The expected work schedule may be required in a split shift due to the nature of the job duties. Hours may vary due to weather, time of year and the requirements of the job. Work may be offered more than the specified hours per day, but only required to work the hours specified. Work may be offered 7 days a week but only required 6 days a week.

Transportation

INBOUND 1) Advance the worker the required transportation and subsistence costs to workers in corresponding employment who are traveling to the employer's work site. The amount of daily subsistence payment will be no less than those set forth in Sec 655.173(a). 2) Pay directly for the inbound transportation, typically, airplane transportation, and reimburse any subsistence costs. If the employer has not previously advanced or paid directly for the inbound transportation and subsistence costs

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