RANGE CALVER
Employer: Butter Creek Cattle Company
Location: HEPPNER, OR
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $2522.00/month
Season: Feb 7, 2027 – May 6, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Workers must have at least 3 months of experience birthing livestock with herds of 200 head or larger on the open range or pasture. One reference required. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant cows from winter grazing grounds to calving grounds. Be able to identify signs of cows going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain cows for difficult births and able to graft orphan calves to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of cows and calves, prolapse and mastitis. Check springs to ensure the water is still running during the winter months. May need to break ice and haul water if the animals have no other source for water. May need to provide supplement feed for the cows and calves if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and calf bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (calves & cows in labor) from predators. Move cows and calves to branding grounds and assist in Branding, Castrating, Vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely rope and or catch calves with a hook. Move cows and calves to summer range grounds. 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. Workers will be asked, but not required, to obtain a valid U.S. driver license to operate a motor vehicle and drive between pastures to feed cows and check on herd daily.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Housing contains free and convenient cooking facilities and employer will provide three prepared meals a day or adequate food, free of charge, based on the requisition by worker, for workers to prepare their own meals while in camp or on the range. Employer may at times provide prepared meals for workers consumption. Employer will provide worker a minimum of 4.5 gallons of potable water per day per worker for drinking and cooking purposes. Additional clean water will be provided to meet the workers laundry and bathing needs
Transport: Transportation from point of recruitment to worksite and from the worksite back to the point of recruitment will be arranged and provided by Employer. Employer will reimburse worker for subsistence costs during travel to worksite no later than the end of the first pay period and from the worksite at the end of the job based on rates established in the applicable regulations.
Experience wanted: 3 months
The employer, Butter Creek Cattle Company ensures they will comply with the OARs heat
related illness prevention.
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