All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock during the cold winter months. Perform any combination of the following tasks while attending to livestock: administer medication as needed; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with loading and unloading livestock according to shipping schedules; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; break ice over frozen water sources; count and load livestock onto trailers to send off to packing plant; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed supplemental rations to livestock when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition for multiple age groups; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs); lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; monitor and treat livestock for internal and external parasites; monitor animals for weight gain, thrift and health problems; perform preventative maintenance on equipment such as grease and oil checks; set up, tear down and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; tend to sick animals in the hospital pen; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death.
Employment period: Jan 1, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027
