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Work to last from 12/01/2024 to 01/31/2025. Various counties near Hamer,
ID. Required to be available 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend
the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and
directly related to the production of sheep. Perform any combination of
the following tasks to attend sheep on the range: feed and water sheep
or ensure adequate provision of both; herd flock to appropriate grazing
area; round up strays using dogs and/or fence; make certain animals have
access to fresh water; bed down flock near evening site; guard flock
from predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants;
administer medication to sheep as needed; assist in lambing, docking and
shearing; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark sheep for identification
purposes; assist with sorting and cutting of cull sheep; feed
supplemental rations to sheep; may build and/or maintain fence and
livestock facilities to ensure the safety and health of grazing sheep
and forage; may assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and
livestock handling facilities necessary to livestock production. Perform
any combination of the following tasks to attend sheep on the ranch:
feed and water sheep or ensure adequate provision of both; move sheep to
appropriate pens; make certain animals have access to fresh water; bed
down flock at appropriate night site, guard flock from predatory animals
and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; administer medication
to sheep as needed; assist in lambing, docking and shearing; brand, tag,
clip or otherwise mark sheep for identification purposes; assist with
sorting and cutting of cull sheep; feed supplemental rations to sheep;
may build and/or maintain fence and livestock facilities to ensure the
safety and health of grazing sheep and forage; may assist in the
maintenance of tools, equipment and livestock handling facilities
necessary to livestock production May attend sheep and lambs in barns
during lambing season. May be required to ride and handle horses in a
manner to assure the safety of the worker, co-workers, and livestock.
Employee must be willing and able to: perform tasks capably and
efficiently without close supervision, live and work singly or in small
groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time and
maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible
manner. The job may entail working with and around farm machinery such
as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for movement of
livestock, periodically. Employee will work outdoors in all types of
weather and may experience occasional exposure to herding hazards such
as poisonous snakes and predators. 50 lb. lifting and driving
requirement is needed.