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BICE RANCH, LLC General Farm Ranch in MILES CITY, Montana
Temporary full-time position from 4/15/2024 12/1/2024 The General Farm Ranch Hand position will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of cattle and hay. Duties will include the following: check physical characteristics, observe general condition of livestock and apply the appropriate care, examine animals to detect illness/injury/disease, apply or administer medications/vaccines, mix feed/additives drive equipment (skid steer), herd livestock to various pastures; ride ATV/side by side and/or 4-wheeler to move cows; assist with branding; confine livestock in stalls, clean/disinfect livestock corrals/stalls/sheds, dock, castrate, brand, clip/tag and clamp livestock. Worker will be required to; irrigate fields , install and remove irrigation pipe, manually moving pipe, maintaining irrigation equipment and overseeing operation of irrigation pumps; hoist/stack bales of hay onto wagon/truck, repair, replace and build and repair fence (expect a lot of fencing), pick rocks, perform general cleanup of farm acreage, and drive, load/unload semi-trucks (on the ranch only). Cattle are only fed while in the feedlot. Cattle are not fed while on summer range. Worker must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision. The job entails working with farm animals and machinery, outdoors in all types of weather (extreme heat, wind and cold) and occasional exposure to herding hazards such as cattle stampedes, poisonous snakes and predators. Worker must crouch, bend, lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Employment Service (ES) as a no-fee labor exchange that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) nor the State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party.