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Employment: 2/29/2024-109/30/2024. Location: Connell, Washington.
Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One
reference required.\
Attends sheep and/or goat flock grazing on range or pasture: Herds flock
and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Attend to sheep grazing on the
range to include: Herding sheep on the range or in pastures while riding
on horseback, riding ATVs, or walking on foot. Beds down flock near
evening campsite. Guards flock from predatory animals and from eating
poisonous plants. Drenches sheep and/or goats. May examine animals for
signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides
according to instructions. Range herding is completed when vegetation is
not in a dormant state. A range herder requires knowledge and
maintenance of rangeland in order to avoid overgrazing of the range land
and prevention of animals ingesting noxious weeds. The proper grazing
action of these animals helps to reduce wildland fire fuel, increase
soil fertility and improve vegetation. Experienced employees hired for
this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a
herd on a range so the animals dont disperse in large open areas, be
able to promote proper grazing of rangeland, and predator control on the
range. May assist in lambing, docking, and shearing. The following
seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move
pregnant ewes to lambing grounds. Be able to identify signs of ewes
going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor
process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to
properly constrain ewes for difficult births and able to graft orphan
lambs to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but
not limited to malnutrition of ewes and lambs, prolapse and mastitis.
Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs
and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal
water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the ewes and lambs
if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to
reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and lamb bonding.
Protect vulnerable livestock (lambs & ewes in labor) from predators.
Move Ewes and lambs and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating,
tagging, and worming. Ability to safely catch lambs with a hook. Move
ewes and lambs to summer range grounds.
Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will
be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member
ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that
are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their
care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an
employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to
another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions.
The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said
housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to
the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit
in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or
other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of
damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The
employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is
the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and
tear excepted).\
***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a
week***