Farm Worker
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This job order is for a temporary/seasonal position in: Wild Horse Colorado / Kit Carson CountyTitle: Farm WorkerDates of Contract:11/18/24 to 3/31/25Schedule: Monday to Friday 8am to 5pmDuties: We have a cow/calf operation with a herd of over 750 head of cows. The ranch needs seasonal labor from December to the end of March each year to assist with monitoring, feeding, watering, and helping cows deliver their calves in the calving paddocks and corrals near the barns. During this time, workers are needed to check the herd multiple times per day to ensure they are fed and have access to water, assist cows with calving as needed, identify, and treat sick animals or haul them to a veterinarian, document and tag new calves, log deaths, ensure the animals are in the correct locations, as necessary. Employees must be available during the busy calving season to perform these duties, which include assisting cows having trouble calving, feeding the herd using a farm truck, maintaining fences and corrals, documenting, and tagging new calves, logging deaths, identifying, and treating or isolating sick cows and calves, and hauling them to the veterinarian as needed. At the end of the season help is no longer needed as calves are sold and cows will be sent off to summer pasture. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer's discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer's discretion.Requirements: Driver requirements, Drug Screen, able to lift 50lbs, exposure to extreme temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, Extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements.Pay:$16.63Effective 1/1/24, overtime must be paid after 48 hours worked per week, or 56 hours worked per week for up to 22 peak weeks for highly seasonal employers, after 54 hours worked per week for non-highly seasonal employers, and after 56 hours worked per week for small employers.a. In view of the statutorily established basic function of the job service as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and jobseekers, neither the ETA nor the State agencies 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 JS constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a State agency is in any way a party .c. Jobseekers If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please go to your local workforce center to be apprised of all terms and conditions of employment and application instructions.d. Workforce Center Staff Please download the file attached to this job order for interested jobseekers and make sure the applicants understand the content of the contract before issuing a referral.How to apply: Apply at the workforce center. Workforce center staff will print out the job attachment which contains the job information and all contact information for applications. The applicant can give workforce center staff a generic application and references which will be forwarded. The applicant can also send the application to the rancher or the rancher's agent directly per the instructions on the printed attachment. Applicant must agree to all specifications in the attachment prior to applying.