H-2AH-300-26272-268908
Farm Worker
Vaquerias, Inc.
- Location
- Dublin, TEXAS
- Pay
- $16.24 / hour
- Start date
- Start: 12/10/2026
H-2A
Winter Range Sheepherder
- Sandy Webster
- Cedar City, UTAH
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Source last checked: 10/27/2026
Job summary
Livestock and animal-care worker
- Pay
- $2,132.41 / month
- Contract start / Contract end
- 12/1/2026 to 2/28/2027
- Education
- No minimum education required
Experience required: Yes · 6 months of experience
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Job conditions
- Pay
- $2,132.41 / month
- Positions offered
- 1 position
- Schedule
- Part time
- Contract start
- 12/1/2026
- Contract end
- 2/28/2027
- Visa type
- H-2A
- Address
- 2646 West 3200 North
- ZIP code
- 84721
- Hours per week
- 0
Additional pay information
Work performed in UT. Plus Room and Board
Duties and description
Original English 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.
- Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the range during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for sheep; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; break ice over frozen water sources; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep ewes gathered and safe; detect through winter tracking methods where other rancher(s)' livestock has been to avoid overgrazing of forage; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; guard against predators prevalent during the winter months using appropriate tracking, trapping, and hunting methods ; herd sheep to appropriate grazing areas using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress; intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; maintain and set up supply wagon in appropriate direction to provide wind
- break/shelter/protection for horses & dogs; make sufficient water from snow for horses/dogs at camp; move pregnant ewes at a pace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night; operate camp stove appropriately to provide/conserve heat in extreme cold/high winds; properly hobble camp horses; properly use/store food supplies for herder/horses/dogs; 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; report to rancher on
- water/forage/weather conditions; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death.
- Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the ranch during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; break ice over frozen water sources; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; 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; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent 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: to ride, handle and tend horses in a manner to assure the safety and health of the worker, co-workers, horses, dogs and livestock, perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, spend the majority of work days on the range, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperature, live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time, maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner.
Additional requirements are listed in the job description.
Listing information
- Case number
- H-300-26230-175351
- Case status
- Certification issued
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