RANCH HAND
Employer: TOMSHECK D & L INC
Location: SUNBURST, MT
Workers needed: 3
Pay: $18.48/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 14, 2027
Experience: 6 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Calve out calves during the calving season. Tag calves, medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal illnesses. Care for the newborn calves & nursing mothers during the cold weather period when they require additional care & feed due to the extremely cold temperatures & seasonal illnesses. Isolate sick calves. Lambing season begins in May. Be able to assist the sheep with lambing & care for the newborn lambs & birthing ewes. Tag lambs, medicate, vaccinate & treat for seasonal illnesses. Transport hay bales. Feed cattle & sheep during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasture lands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Remove snow from farm property. Break ice formation in water tanks daily, possibly multiple times a day depending on the temperatures. Fix & repair fencing damaged by drifting snow. Move all livestock out to pasture once seasonal grasslands become accessible. Haul minerals and salt blocks to various pasture lands & check on the water accessibilty, periodically throughout each day. Routinely check on livestock in various pasture lands. Assist in sheering of the shep in April before Lambing season begins. Other general farm maintenance & upkeep of farm/ranch equipment, tools, & buildings such as greasing, oil, tightening bolts, painting, replacing broken/ damaged boards or poles with hammer and nails.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will furnish free & convenient cooking & kitchen facilities including utensils, stoves, refrigeration & dishwashing accomodations to H-2A workers in corresponding employment who are not resonably able to return to their residence within the same day. All cooking & kitchen facilities will be maintained in working order and are sufficent for workers to provide free transportation to stores at least every two weeks to allow workers to shop for groceries & other needed items.
In the event the housing indicated in this clearence order becomes unavailable and the employer secures alternate housing which does not contain free & convienent kitchen facilities (in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(d)(6), the employer will provide each workerwith three meals per day at no charge for such meals as indicated below in Section E Item 2.
Transport: At the time of filing, the modes of inbound & outbound transportation are not known, as the workers are permitted to select the means of transportation and will be reimbursed/paid no less than the most economical & reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved for inbound travel & outbound travel (when required).
Experience wanted: 6 months
Employer will make all deductions as required by law, as well as deductions for loans (if any); long distance telephone charges (if any); reimbursement for damage caused to the housing by the individual worker(s) found to have been responsible for damage which is not the result of normal wear and tear related to habitation (if any); charges for reasonable costs related to the worker's refusal or negligent failure to return all items furnished by the employer or due to the worker's willful damage or destruction of such property; deductions directed by the worker by a voluntary assignment solely for the benefit of the worker to a creditor, donee, or other 3rd party (e.g. worker's store/vendor accounts with merchants) wholly independent of the employer and from which neither the employer nor any person acting on his behalf or interest, directly or indirectly, derives any profit or benefit. No deductions except those required by law will be made which bring the worker's below Federal Wage
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