Winter Livestock Worker
Employer: D & R Livestock
Location: Dixon, CA
Workers needed: 15
Pay: $18.60/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027
Experience: 6 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock during the cold winter months. Perform any combination of the following tasks while attending to livestock: administer medication as needed; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with loading and unloading livestock according to shipping schedules; assist with sorting and cutting of culls; break ice over frozen water sources; count and load livestock onto trailers to send off to packing plant; feed and water and ensure adequate provision of both; feed supplemental rations to livestock when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition for multiple age groups; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs); lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; monitor and treat livestock for internal and external parasites; monitor animals for weight gain, thrift and health problems; perform preventative maintenance on equipment such as grease and oil checks; set up, tear down and move temporary electric fence used to contain livestock in a specific area; tend to sick animals in the hospital pen; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient cooking facilities to prepare meals. Transportation to the grocery store will be provided to the workers at no cost no less than once every two weeks.
Transport: Transportation to the place of employment (inbound):The employer will provide or pay for commercial bus or airline service to workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distance involved. Upon completion of 50% of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily
Experience wanted: 6 months
Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperature, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, handle animals using low stress handling methods.
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