Job details

Winter Range Sheepherder

• Country: United States
• Visa type: H-2A
• Job ID: H-300-25254-302180 (Open on offer list)
• Employer name: Confidential
• Employees needed: 1
• E-mail (employer): Confidential
• E-mail (agent): Confidential
• Phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Agent phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Working hours per week:
• Wage: 2626.4 USD / Month
• Start date: 12/01/2025
• End date: 02/28/2026
• Process date: 09/16/2025 11:53:35
• Submit date: Confidential
• Offer description:

  Required to be available up to 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of sheep. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the range during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; administer medication as needed; assist with gathering and sorting lambs for shipping; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for sheep; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage); attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; break ice over frozen water sources; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep ewes gathered and safe; 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); guard against predators prevalent during the winter months using appropriate tracking, trapping, and hunting methods ; herd sheep to appropriate grazing areas using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress; intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; monitor pregnant ewes for abortion/malnutrition/pregnancy toxemia and other pregnancy related conditions; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to sheep on the ranch during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; administer medication as needed; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; attend to pregnant ewes in cold winter temperatures; break ice over frozen water sources; cut and clear noxious trees and shrubs that harm grass and plant species in grazing areas; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs); intensely monitor and treat sheep vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; monitor pregnant ewes for abortion/malnutrition/pregnancy toxemia and other pregnancy related conditions; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage.

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