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RANGE GOAT HERDER

• Country: United States
• Visa type: H-2A
• Job ID: H-300-25337-454118 (Open on offer list)
• Employer name: Confidential
• Employees needed: 3
• E-mail (employer): Confidential
• E-mail (agent): Confidential
• Phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Agent phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Working hours per week: 0
• Wage: 2435.33 USD / Month
• OFLC Certification: ACCEPTED - PENDING RECRUITMENT
• Start date: 02/28/2026
• End date: 10/30/2026
• Process date: 12/09/2025 21:00:00
• Submit date: Confidential
• Offer description:

  Must have 3 months experience with 800-1000 head flocks. One reference required. Attends goat flocks grazing on range or pasture. Herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Attends to goats grazing on the range to include: Herding goat on the range or in pastures while riding on horseback, riding ATV's, or walking on foot. Beds down flock near evening campsite. Guards flock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. Drenches goats. May examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instructions. Range herding is completed when vegetation is not in a dormant state. A range herder requires knowledge and maintenance of rangeland in order to avoid overgrazing of the range land and prevention of animals ingesting noxious weeds. The proper grazing action of these animals helps to reduce wildfire fuel, increase soil fertility and improve vegetation. Experienced employees hired for this type of position would need to have the knowledge of maintaining a herd on a range so the animals don't disperse in large open areas, be able to promote proper grazing of rangeland, and predator control on the range. Ability to incidentally inspect, repair, and maintain temporary and mobile fencing enclosures. May assist in kidding. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant does to kidding grounds. Be able to identify signs of does going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain does for difficult births and able to graft orphan kids to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of does and kids, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the does and kids if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and offspring bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (does & kids in labor) from predators. Move does and kids and assist in branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Move does and kids to summer range grounds. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week***

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