farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals - livesto

Performs duties like: check characteristics and general condition of livestock, apply appropriate care, examine animals to detect illness/injury, assist in delivery and night calving, apply or administer medication/vaccinations, mix feed/additives and feed/water; place mineral blocks, drive equipment, herd livestock to various pastures, ride horse or 4-wheeler to move cows; confine livestock in stalls, clean/disinfect livestock corrals/stalls/she ds, dock, castrate, brand, clip/tag and clamp livestock. Drive feed truck to deliver feed once it is mixed. Operate equipment for planting and harvesting hay; hoist/stack hay bales onto wagon/truck, repair and maintain barbed-wire fence, mow and spray for maintenance of cattle pastures, perform cleanup, and drive, load/unload pickup/ cattle trailers. The job entails working with animals and occasional exposure to herding hazards, such as cattle stampedes. Drive to town to pickup supplies.