Sheepherder (Temporary)
Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: PAROWAN, UT
Salary: $750.00 - $750.00 Monthly
Job Type: Full Time
JOB SUMMARY:
Temporary Need 5/15/12-5/14/13. Requires a minimum of 3 months experience herding sheep or similar range livestock. Attends large sheep flock grazing on range or pasture with single herder; herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs; beds down flock near evening campsite; guards flock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants; drenches sheep; may examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines medications and insecticides according to instructions; may assist in lambing, docking and shearing; may perform other farm or ranch chores related to the production and husbandry of sheep/goats on an incidental basis; may attend sheep and lambs in barns during lambing season; may brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark sheep for identification purposes; may sort and cut culls; may feed animals supplementary rations including salt rations and other similar shores associated with caring for sheep, the animals used in guarding sheep and related equipment.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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