Performs any of the following tasks to attend to livestock. Maintain heated watering system and operating snow removal equipment. Mixes feed and additives, fills feed troughs with feed and waters livestock and remove ice formed in water. Examines animals to detect diseases and injuries. Vaccinates animals, applies medications to cuts and bruises, spray livestock with insecticide. Confines livestock in stalls, washes and clips them to prepare them for calving and assists veterinarian in delivery of offspring. Binds or clamps testes or surgically removes testes to castrate livestock. Clips identifying notches or symbols on animal, or brand animal, using branding iron, to indicate ownership. Big feedlot pens that get cleaned. Maintain buildings and equipment. Operated needed equipment, hauls hay and grain. Repairs and maintenance of equipment. Change, pipes, wheel lines and start pivots daily when needed.
Employment period: Jan 1, 2027 – Oct 31, 2027
