Farmworker

The seasonal agricultural worker will perform duties related to the seasonal feeding, care, and management of livestock. Duties will include feeding and watering livestock; monitoring feed and water supplies; mixing and distributing feed, additives, and medications according to prescribed instructions; operating tractors, feed trucks, loaders, and other agricultural equipment to transport, mix, and distribute feed, livestock, supplies, and materials; loading and unloading feed, livestock, supplies, and materials manually or using conveyors, augers, forklifts, loaders, or other equipment; manipulating equipment controls to set, activate, and adjust machinery; monitoring equipment during operation to identify malfunctions; examining livestock to identify signs of illness, injury, disease, or abnormal weight gain; administering vaccinations or medications as directed and arranging for veterinary care when necessary; herding, sorting, and moving livestock to pens, pastures, scales, trucks, or other enclosures; moving livestock between locations using vehicles, ATV, or other agricultural equipment; cleaning and maintaining livestock pens, facilities, and equipment using disinfectants, brushes, shovels, hoses, pumps, and other hand tools; inspecting, maintaining, and performing routine maintenance and minor repairs on equipment, machinery, pens, yards, fences, and buildings; driving farm trucks and semi-trucks to transport livestock, feed, supplies, and equipment; maintaining clean and orderly work areas; and recording livestock and agricultural information as required. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion, Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion.

Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, Must be able to lift 50 lbs, Must have a regular driver's license.