What are the responsibilities and job description for the General Ranch Hand position at Three Rivers Logging Co.?
The general farm/ranch hand will be asked to perform the following tasks: bring cattle in from winter range; Administer feed for a short time before moving to summer pasture. We move cattle in from winter pastures in March. We supplement feed for a short period of time before they are moved to summer pastures where they again forage on pasture/range grasses and no feeding is required.; clean stalls; facility maintenance, Weed mitigation, spraying weeds with backpack; maintain fence after winter wet season,; put out mineral blocks for cattle in summer range. Maintenance on range land including: use chain saw to cut saplings and thistles; hand pick rocks and remove invasive weeds. Maintain, clean and store equipment. Work outdoors in adverse weather conditions as needed. Maintain accurate irrigation records. Additional work may be offered but is not required (more than is stated in Section A.6).. The job entails working around farm animals and machinery, outdoors in all types of weather (extreme heat, wind and cold) and occasional exposure to environmental hazards. Worker must crouch, bend, lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Any weed removal is completed standing, using a shovel – there is no hands and knees work, it consists of thistle chopping is late spring early summer. Worker chops bull thistles and Italian thistles. Worker pick tops from Italian thistles, but does so standing. Worker may occasionally, but not frequently, need to pull up small firs or tan oak.
Salary : $17