livestock worker

Perform any combination of the following tasks attending to livestock: adhere to safety and animal handling procedures dictated by the employer; administer medication as needed; 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 castration of livestock; assist with hauling water when winter and drought condit ions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with hoof trimming to reduce the occurrence of discomfort and disease; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; 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; care for newly born offspring; ensure newly born offspring stand and nurse; feed and water and ensure a dequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or noxious plants; handle livestock using low stress methods; inspect and clean livestock waterers; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; move animals to appropriate pens; move livestock to spring and summer grazing areas; set up, tear d own and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; use proper animal husbandry skills to prevent heat stress/hypothermia/abortion/death.