Truck Driver

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If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please visit your local South Central Workforce Center in Monte Vista or Alamosa for full details and application instructions.

• Position: ** Range/Goat Sheepherder
• Requirements: ** Must also be able to lift up to 50 lbs as well as perform extensive sitting or walking. Must have at least six (6) months experience working with goats and/or sheep and be able to provide the name, and working telephone number of the previous Employer who is able to verify the worker's experience in the occupation applying for. Must also be able to provide U.S. employment eligibility and/or identification documents verifying the applicant's right to work in the United States. Will need the ability to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. Must be able to ride, handle and tend to horses in a manner to assure the safety and health of the worker, co-workers, horses and livestock. Must be able to operate equipment and machinery required to perform job duties indicated in a safe and responsible manner and attend to animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being. Must maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner. Must be able to work with and around farm machinery such as tractors for haying and supplemental feeding purposes and ATVs for irrigating and the movement of livestock. Must be capable of being exposed to extreme temperatures and demonstrate commonsense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures, i.e. no running in barns, shouting, abusing animals, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in and around barns, sheds or hay storage.
• Job Description: ** All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of goats and sheep and will need to perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range or ranch, to include:
• Administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant ewes and nannies using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress;
• Administer medication as needed;
• Assist with docking;
• Assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for sheep and goats;
• Assist with irrigating forage;
• Assist with sorting and cutting of culls;
• Assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage);
• Assist with weed control on grazing areas (including noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species);
• Attend to animals in barns during kidding/lambing season;
• Attend to pregnant livestock and newborn offspring (including night checks);
• Bed down animals at appropriate night site;
• Brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark young animals for identification purposes;
• Feed and water to ensure adequate provision of both;
• Feed supplemental rations;
• Feed supplemental rations to sheep and goats when available forage is not sufficient to increase the plane of nutrition;
• Feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses;
• Guard against predatory animals and from eating poisonous and/or anxious plants;
• Herd to appropriate grazing area;
• Make certain animals have access to fresh water;
• Repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage;
• Round up strays using dogs and/or fence;
• Use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death;
• Assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production;
• Assist with sorting and cutting of culls;
• Move animals to appropriate pens
• Anticipated Hours of ork Per Week:** On call for up to 24 hours, 7 days a week. Will spend the majority of work days on the range and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time.
• Anticipated Period of Employment:** December 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026
• Application Deadline: ** December 31, 2025
• Job Location:** Various range locations on National Forest/BLM Permits in Rio Grande, Alamosa, Saguache, Costilla and Conejos Counties, (San Luis Valley) Colorado.
• Pay: ** $2626.40/month, paid twice monthly, plus room and board. Employer provides housing on the ranch, or (mobile housing) on the range. Employer will provide transportation between worker's on-site housing and work sites.
• Effective 1/1/25: FLSA exempt; no overtime paid. **