Job details

Open Range Livestock Herder

• Country: United States
• Visa type: H-2A
• Job ID: H-300-26004-532852 (Open on offer list)
• Employer name: Confidential
• Employees needed: 6
• E-mail (employer): Confidential
• E-mail (agent): Confidential
• Phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Agent phone: Confidential
  
  
  
  
• Working hours per week:
• Wage: 2063 USD / Month
• Start date: 03/01/2026
• End date: 12/21/2026
• Process date: 01/13/2026 15:36:52
• Submit date: Confidential
• Offer description:

  The worker tends to livestock, sheep and/or cattle grazing on open range or pastures. Guards the herd from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. May examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instructions. May assist in calving, trailing, branding, castrating, sorting, and loading animals on to trucks for transport to a new range or market, lambing, docking, shearing and providing supplemental feed and water. The work activities involve the herding or production of livestock (which includes work that is closely and directly related to herding and/or the production of livestock). Must have 5 months experience with 800 - 1000 head bands of sheep or 200 head of cattle, on open range. One reference is required. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 50% of work will be performed on the range. Worker must be a qualified livestock herder. The worker must be able to saddle and ride a horse or mule in a safe and effective manner such as to avoid injury to self, coworkers, bystanders, or the animal itself. The worker may be required to shoe horses for their use. Workers must be able to work alone for extended periods of time and complete tasks as instructed by the employer in a safe and timely manner without direct supervision. Eph Jensen Livestock LLC facilitates 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 results in the loss/death of livestock/animals, or cause harm to another person. The employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker may assist in the range production of cattle. This may include but not limited to herding,. 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. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week***

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