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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: VERNAL, UT
Salary: $750.00 - $750.00 Monthly
Job Type: Full Time

JOB SUMMARY:

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Temporary Need 10/10/12 - 10/09/13. Requires a minimum of 6 months experience herding 800-1000 head flocks. Attends sheep flock grazing on range or pasture; 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 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. The size of range flocks range from 800-1000 sheep. Must be able to ride and handle horses in a manner to assure the safety of the worker, co-workers, and livestock; employee must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision; absences from work and/or failure to perform required tasks will not be tolerated; must be willing and able to live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time; the job entails working with farm machinery, outdoors in all types of weather and occasional exposure to herding hazards such as poisonous snakes and predators; the employer will provide, at no cost to the worker, Workers' Compensation coverage or private insurance which is equal to Workers' Compensation laws for comparable employment. Room, board, kitchen facilities and transportation is provided at no cost to workers.

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