Wool Fleece Sorter
Employer: David and Janine Foley
Location: Kaycee, WY
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $12.16/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Jun 10, 2027
Experience: 1 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
This position is an integral and necessary part of shearing activities of the organization and is, therefore, an occupation within the sheep shearing industry. The wool sorter works directly with sheep shearers and is required to pick up the fleece when a sheep shearer finishes shearing a sheep. The fleece must be immediately retrieved after shearing and it is mandatory that the sorter conduct his activities at the same time that the fleece is shorn so that the quality of the fleece is maintained. In addition, the wool sorter sweeps the shearing area after the shearer finishes shearing. Applicants should have the ability to inspect fleeces for dungy locks, and segregate fleeces in separate piles, according to cleanliness of wool. Places clean fleece in the baler, turns baler on and pulls bag from baler when it is full. May help move sheep in and out of the shearing area. Performs all job-related duties according to employer requirements. Will work in dust, cold, snow, etc., climate common to Wyoming and Colorado. Description del Trabajo
Esta posición es una parte integral y necesaria de la esquila de las actividades de la organización y, por consiguiente, es una ocupación dentro de la oveja esquila industria. El clasificador de lana trabaja directamente con los esquiladores de ovejas y es necesario para recoger el vellocino cuando un shearer ovejas acabados esquila una oveja. El vellón debe recuperar inmediatamente después de la esquila y es obligatorio que el clasificador realice sus actividades al mismo tiempo que el vellón es despojado para que se mantenga la calidad del vellón. Además, el clasificador de lana barre la zona esquila después la shearer acabados esquila. Los solicitantes deben tienen la capacidad de inspeccionar los vellones de dungy cerraduras y segregar vellones en pilas separadas, según limpieza de lana. Coloca el vellón limpio en la empacadora, enciende la embaladora y extrae bolsa de baler, cuando está lleno. Puede ayudar a mover ovejas dentro y fuera de la zona de cizalla. Realiza todas las tareas relacionadas con el trabajo según los requerimientos del empleador. Trabajará en polvo, frío, nieve, etc., clima común a Wyoming y Colorado. Debe tener experiencia de 1 mes trabajando como un clasificador de lana. Debe tener pasado referencia para verificar la experiencia. Debe ser físicamente capaz de realizar las funciones anteriormente descritas.
Housing: Rental or public accommodations
Meals: Convenient cooking and kitchen facilities will be provided by employer at no cost to workers who do not have their own facilities. Workers will provide and prepare their own meals. Employer will provide transportation to stores at least every two weeks to shop for groceries or employer will purchase groceries for worker at worker’s own expense. Under certain circumstances, employer may at the employer’s option, provide the worker with 3 meals per day, and $16.78 per day will be deducted from the worker’s wages.
Transport: If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, the employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has departed to the employer’s place of employment. For an H–2A worker coming from outside of the U.S., the place from which the worker has departed is the place of recruitment.
Experience wanted: 1 months
This position is an integral and necessary part of shearing activities of the organization and is, therefore, an occupation within the sheep shearing industry. The wool sorter works directly with sheep shearers and is required to pick up the fleece when a sheep shearer finishes shearing a sheep. The fleece must be immediately retrieved after shearing and it is mandatory that the sorter conduct his activities at the same time that the fleece is shorn so that the quality of the fleece is maintained. In addition, the wool sorter sweeps the shearing area after the shearer finishes shearing. Applicants should have the ability to inspect fleeces for dungy locks, and segregate fleeces in separate piles, according to cleanliness of wool. Places clean fleece in the baler, turns baler on and pulls bag from baler when it is full. May help move sheep in and out of the shearing area. Performs all job-related duties according to employer requirements. Will work in dust, cold, snow, etc.
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