livestock worker

All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: adhere to safety and animal handling procedures dictated by the employer; administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; administer medication as needed; affix halters to calves and mature cattle; apply herbicides to noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species on grazing areas; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with branding and tagging calves and with the vaccination of cattle by herding into corrals and/or stalls or manually restraining animals; assist with castration of livestock; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with hoof trimming to reduce the occurrence of discomfort and disease; attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring in hot fall months and cold winter months; brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes; build and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; care for newly born offspring; care for young offspring by drying them off, mixing and feeding supplemental milk, treating umbilical cords, vaccinating, sp linting, and cleaning feeding equipment and the lamb barn; deliver feed and supplements to livestock and operate the appropriate equipment required to ensure adequate provision of both; deliver water to livestock through hot summer months using large water trucks; ensure newly born calves stand and nurse; ensure newly born offspring stand and nurse; evaluate and adjust feed rations for livestock according to body condition and season of productio n; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs); feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; handle livestock using low stress methods; identify livestock that are preparing to give birth; keep accurate record of new calves born; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a fe ed truck or wagon; report to employer dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in animal body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition or disease; set up, tear down and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; tend calves and mature cattle in barn; use proper animal husbandry skills to prevent heat stress/hypothermia/abortion/death.