H-2A

Farmworker/ Laborer

Condições da vaga

Workers will perform a variety of tasks associated with livestock care and feedlot/feed ground operations during the winter season. Duties include daily feeding and monitoring of livestock, ensuring all feed bunks are full and water sources are operational and unfrozen. Workers will operate feed trucks, tractors with feed wagons, loaders, and other heavy equipment used in feed processing and distribution and manure management. Responsibilities also include cleaning and maintaining feedlot pens, bunks, and water systems, as well as monitoring animal health and assisting with veterinary care under supervision—such as identifying signs of illness, treating sick cattle, and administering vaccines.
Additional tasks involve assisting with sorting, moving, and loading cattle, performing general maintenance and repairs of feedlot facilities, fencing, gates, and machinery, and clearing snow to maintain access to feedlot areas using tractors or loaders during winter weather. Workers will also maintain records of feed rations, animal treatments, and inventory, and are expected to follow all safety and biosecurity protocols. Other general farm maintenance duties may be assigned at the discretion of the employer.