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This job was posted by https://idahoworks.gov : For more information, please see: https://idahoworks.gov/jobs/2263546

Consultant, please conduct seated interview. Period of intended Employment: 12/01/2024-3/31/2025. Location: Multiple worksites in Benewah and Clearwater Counties Idaho and Whitman, Adams and Grant. Counties Washington will be used. Worksite location varies depending upon season, weather and grazing rotation. Applicant \"MUST HAVE\" 3 months of experience.

Basic Job Requirements: Drug screen, Lifting requirement 50lbs, Exposure to extreme temperatures

Job Duties

Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. The employee must be able to identify approaching storm periods and make precautions to prevent the herd from drifting against a fence line where they pile up and get drifted over with snow and freeze to death. The herder must be experienced in handling extreme winter conditions on a range to prevent death in livestock, horses, and dogs. Due to animals exerting more energy during the winter months especially in extreme winter weather, the herder will need to monitor the nutritional needs of an animal throughout winter. Ensure that animals have access to unfrozen water and to distribute supplemental feed. May assist in calving, tagging, branding, castrating and vaccinations of calves. Monitor snow levels to prevent livestock from being paralyzed in deep snow or caught up against a fence. Herders need to have experience in identifying animals who are not getting enough nutrition, keeping a fresh supply of water in freezing temperatures, and how to maintain animals in extreme weather conditions. May perform general repairs on fences. 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. 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**

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Cell phones, along with sufficient minutes are provided for communication, without charge or deposit, to each worker during the entire period of employment. in the rare instance where the worker(s) is located in an area without cell phone service, the worker will be contacted, in person by either the employer or another employee of Union Cattle Company, on a preset schedule (every 3rd or 4th day) if not more regularly. Camps are moved by the employer or another employee of Union Cattle Company.

EMPLOYER PROVIDED ITEMS\ Dogs, binoculars, four-wheeler, shovel, sleeping bag, rain gear, insulated coveralls, winter boots, stocking hat and gloves. In addition to these items, the worker(s) is provided other tools, supplies, and equipment, as required by law, and to work safely and effectively.

Debe tener 3 meses de experiencia con rebaos de 800 a 1000 cabezas. Se requiere una referencia. El empleado debe ser capaz de identificar los perodos de tormenta que se aproximan y tomar precauciones para evitar que la ma ada se desplace contra una lnea de cerca donde se amontonen y se llenen de nieve y mueran congelados. El pastor debe tener experiencia en el manejo de condiciones invernales extremas en un campo para evitar la muerte de ganado, caballos y perros. Debido a que los animales ejercen ms energa durante los meses de invierno, especialmente en climas invernales extremos, el pastor deber controlar las necesidades nutricionales de un animal durante todo el invierno. Asegrese de que los animales tengan acceso a agua descongelada y distribuya alimento suplementario. Puede ayudar en el parto, marcado, marcado, castracin y vacunacin de terneros. Supervise los niveles de nieve para evitar que el ganado quede paralizado en la nieve profunda o quede atrapado contra una valla. Los pastores deben tener experiencia en la identificacin de animales que no estn recibiendo suficiente nutricin, mantener un suministro de agua fresca en temperaturas bajo cero y cmo mantener a los animales en condiciones climticas extremas. Puede realizar reparaciones generales en cercas. Algunos trabajos/tareas pueden ocurrir fuera de la estufa, pero ms del 51 % del trabajo se realizar en el rango. Western Range Association y sus ranchos miembros facilitan prcticas de buena crianza de animales. Los empleados que sean encontrados abusando, descuidando o abandonando el ganado confiado a su cuidado pueden ser despedidos por causa. Si las acciones neg