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Winter Ranchhand

  • Arnold Green Meadow Ranch
  • Absarokee, MONTANA
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Source last checked: 10/5/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$13.46 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
11/1/2026 to 12/31/2026
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 6 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$13.46 / hour
Positions offered
1 position
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
11/1/2026
Contract end
12/31/2026
Visa type
H-2A
Address
64 A Spring Creek Rd
ZIP code
59001
Hours per week
48

Additional pay information

Work performed in MT. Plus Room. $11.60 (H-2A)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Perform any combination of the following tasks required in general ranch work and the production of
  • livestock through winter months: apply medications to cuts and bruises; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; break ice over frozen water sources; build and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed cake and mineral to cattle in pastures; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; load bales of hay and/or sacks of grain onto truck or trailer used for feeding; maintain/clean and fill water troughs and buckets; make certain animals have access to fresh water; mix and feed specific feed rations to cattle; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death; apply medications to cuts and bruises; loading/unloading trucks; maintenance of farm structures; removal of excess plant growth from farm grounds.

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, spend the majority of work days on the range, live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time, to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperature, to maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the employer, attend animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being, maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors for supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for 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

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26230-175277
Case status
Certification issued

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