livestock worker
R & K Farms
Descrição da Vaga
Job duties include the following, but are not limited to:
Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching and loading animals.
Examining animals to detect diseases, injuries and ensure that they are in optimal health.
Assisting in birthing, administering medications, vaccinations, or insecticides.
Assist in herding animals to pastures for grazing or to scales, farm trucks or other enclosures Hauling feed from trailers to animals
Use various farming equipment like tractors, feed wagon, payloader and skid loader
Maintain winter animal housing areas; using diggers, shovels and other equipment needed
Ongoing maintenance includes cleaning, inspecting, maintaining and repairing equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards as well as maintenance of fences.
Segregating animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition Marking livestock to identify ownership and grade using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos
Mixing feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions
Moving equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another manually or using farm trucks or carts