Skip to content
H2A Workers
Create account
H-2A

Livestock Worker

  • Allan Rae Morgan
  • Gustine, TEXAS
I want to apply View official DOL listing ↗

Free account: unlocks the job contact and sending your application.

Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$15.67 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
9/1/2026 to 6/30/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 6 months of experience

This summary uses the information in the job order. Read the full description and requirements below before applying.

Job conditions

Pay
$15.67 / hour
Positions offered
1 position
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
9/1/2026
Contract end
6/30/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
2951 County Road 260
ZIP code
76455
Hours per week
48

Additional pay information

Work performed in TX. Plus Room. $13.83 (H-2A)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: administer medication as needed; apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with castration of livestock; assist with docking; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with hoof trimming to reduce the occurrence of discomfort and disease; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring in hot fall months and cold winter months; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; care for newly born offspring; care for young offspring by drying them off, mixing and feeding supplemental milk, treating umbilical cords, vaccinating, splinting, and cleaning feeding equipment and the lamb barn; ensure newly born lambs stand and nurse ; ensure newly born offspring stand and nurse; evaluate and adjust feed rations for livestock according to body condition and season of production; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; identify ewes that are preparing to give birth; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; set up, tear down and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; use proper animal husbandry skills to prevent heat stress/hypothermia/abortion/death.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Livestock and animal-care worker
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
6 months of experience

Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner, to maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the employer, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes and large game animals, biting insects and extreme temperature, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors for haying and supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for irrigating and the movement of livestock, demonstrate commonsense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures, i.e. no running in barns, shouting, abusing animals, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in and around barns, sheds or hay storage, handle animals using low stress handling methods.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26169-028626
Case status
Certification issued

More opportunities to compare