Farmworkers and Laborers

Work description

General Pasture and Farmland Maintenance: Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Workers must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers may be asked to drive farm vehicles. Clear ground of rocks, sticks, & roots by hand. Clear brush & trees with chain saw or related hand tools. May use following equipment: in-field trucks or ATV’s, skid steers, forklifts, or tractors; with or without the following implements: including hipper, disk, du-all, chisel plow, bushhog, gravity-flow buggy, water trailer and any other equipment related to pasture/farmland/cattle maintenance. Duties will also include cleaning around farm and fields. Maintain and handle minor repairs to farm buildings and equipment for the livestock. Bale hay, haul hay, and feed cattle. Clean livestock stalls and sheds using disinfectant solutions, brushes, and shovels. Workers may also be asked to participate in irrigation activities: set up/break-down, operate & do minor repairs to irrigation systems. Cattle: Workers will perform any of the following tasks to attend to livestock, such as on-farm: Maintain heated watering system; operate feed wagons. Mix feed and additives, fills feed troughs with feed and water for livestock; Examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; Vaccinate animals by placing vaccine in drinking water or feed using syringes and hypodermic needles; Apply medications to cuts and bruises; Spray livestock with insecticide. Confine livestock in stalls, wash, clip them to prepare them for calving, and assist veterinarian in the delivery of offspring. Bind or clamp testes or surgically remove testes to castrate livestock. Clip identifying notches or symbols on the animal, or brand animal, using branding iron to indicate ownership. Herd and assist management with veterinary or general maintenance tasks performed on cattle (to include jobs such as assisting with births, administration of shots, and application of ear tags). Assist with loading and unloading of cattle to be shipped or received at the farm.