Range Sheepherder - Lambing Season

Job conditions

Pay

$2,686.85 / month

Positions offered

2 positions

Schedule

Part time

Contract start

11/2/2026

Contract end

5/5/2027

Visa type

H-2A

Address

1132 N Rd 104

ZIP code

81101

Duties and description

• Required to be available up to 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 through the lambing season.
• Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the range: administer medication as needed; assist in the shearing of sheep by herding sheep into corrals and through the shearing plant; assist with docking; assist with gathering and sorting lambs for shipping; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; attend to lambing ewes (including night checks); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; care for newly born offspring; ensure newly born lambs stand and nurse ; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; identify ewes that are preparing to give birth; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; load bales of hay and/or sacks of grain onto truck or trailer used for feeding; make certain animals have access to fresh water; monitor for birthing problems and take correct actions when problems are identified; monitor pregnant ewes for abortion/malnutrition/pregnancy toxemia and other pregnancy related conditions; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; report conditions of grazing areas to employer; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease; set up and take down temporary lambing pens; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep at the ranch: administer medication as needed; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist in the shearing of sheep by herding sheep into corrals and through the shearing plant; assist with castration of livestock; assist with docking; assist with loading trucks with lambs and/or ewes for transportation; assist with tagging sheep when the shearing crew needs it; attend to lambing ewes (including night checks); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; care for newly born offspring; ensure newly born lambs stand and nurse ; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; identify ewes that are preparing to give birth; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; load bales of hay and/or sacks of grain onto truck or trailer used for feeding; make certain animals have access to fresh water; monitor for birthing problems and take correct actions when problems are identified; monitor pregnant ewes for abortion/malnutrition/pregnancy toxemia and other pregnancy related conditions; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease; set up and take down temporary lambing pens; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death

Requirements and occupation

Education

No minimum education required

Occupation

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Listing information

Case number

H-300-26173-037803

Case status

Certification issued