Winter Maintenance/ Livestock Worker
Walking 5 Ranch LLP
About this opportunity
perform preventative maintenance on equipment such as grease and oil checks
- Dates
- Dec 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027
- Duration
- ~2 months
- Experience
- 3 month(s)
- Category
- agriculture
Requirements
- Experience: 3 month(s)
- Required to: to maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the employer, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, Workers receive daily supervision and on-site training (1-3 months). No independent operation of farm equipment with out supervisor approval and safety check, Work outdoors in winter temperatures.
- All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock during the cold winter months. Perform any combination of the following tasks while attending to livestock: apply medications to cuts and bruises
- assist in moving livestock to appropriate pens or pastures
- assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production
- assist livestock manager in monitoring pen inventories
- assist with loading and unloading livestock according to shipping schedules
- assist with semen testing breeding males
- break ice over frozen water sources
- clean and disinfect livestock corrals, pens and handling facilities
- clean stalls by removing soiled bedding and manure,replace with fresh bedding
- conduct year-end inventory of livestock health supplies (e.g., dewormers, vaccines, halters, medical kits)
- restock mobile trailers and barns to prepare for calving and early spring turnout
- disinfect water troughs, feeding stations, calving pens, and handling equipment according to veterinarian-approved disease prevention protocols
- rotate drying areas to reduce bacterial risk
- evaluate and adjust feed rations for livestock according to body condition and season of production
- remove snow from sheds and corrals
- weigh animals and record weights.
Work authorization
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- Work authorization
- H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker
- International candidates
- Yes
- Employer sponsorship
- Required
- Confirmation
- Confirmed by source
- Official source
- U.S. Department of Labor
Benefits & conditions
- Housing
- Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — None
- Transportation
- Employer provided housing will be located at or near the worksite. Employer will provide transportation between worker’s on-site housing and work sites at no cost to employees. Employer provided transportation to and from work as well as to and from the grocery store will consist of passenger vehicles driven by the employers or supervisors. Vehicles will have a seating capacity 2 to 5. Transportation schedule will be established each workday for the following workday depending on work schedule
How to apply
E-mail: garyheiken@gmail.com; Tel: N/A; URL: https://montanaworks.gov
- Phone
- +14066700561
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Official source
U.S. DOL SeasonalJobs
- Case number
- JO-A-300-26260-241311
- Verification
- Last verified: September 20, 2026
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