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Dates of Need: 12/15/2024-2/28/2025. Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. One reference required. Must have 3 months experience with 800 - 1000 head flocks. The employee must be able to identify approaching storm periods and make precautions to prevent the herd from drifting against a fence line where they pile up and get drifted over with snow and freeze to death. The herder must be experienced in handling extreme winter conditions on a range to prevent death in sheep, goats, horses, and dogs. Due to animals exerting more energy during the winter months especially in extreme winter weather, the herder will need to monitor the nutritional needs of an animal throughout winter. Ensure that animals have access to unfrozen water and to distribute emergency supplemental feed. Monitor snow levels to prevent sheep/goats from being paralyzed in deep snow or caught up against a fence. Herders need to have experience in identifying animals who are not getting enough nutrition, keeping a fresh supply of water in freezing temperatures, and how to maintain animals in extreme weather conditions. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 50% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week*** Debe tener 3 meses de experiencia con 800 - 1000 cabezas de bandadas. Se requiere una referencia Algunos trabajos / tareas pueden ocurrir fuera del rango, pero ms del 50% del trabajo se realizar en el rango. Western Range Association y sus ranchos miembros facilitan las prcticas de buena cra de animales. Los empleados que se encuentren abusando, descuidando o abandonando ganado confiado a su cuidado pueden ser despedidos por causa. Si las acciones negligentes / abusivas de un empleado resultan en la prdida / muerte de ganado / animales o causan dao a otra persona, el empleado puede ser responsable de estas acciones. El trabajador vivir en la vivienda provista por el empleador. Dicha vivienda estar limpia y en buen estado en el momento en que se la proporcione al empleado. El empleado es responsable de mantener la unidad de vivienda en un nivel razonable de limpieza para evitar moscas, ratones u otras alimaas. El empleado es responsable de alertar al empleador de daos a la unidad de vivienda dentro de un perodo de tiempo razonable. Se puede\ responsabilizar al empleado por daos a la unidad de vivienda que sean resultado de negligencia por parte del empleado (excepto el desgaste normal). **** Nota de pie de pgina sobre horas trabajadas: hasta 24 horas los 7 das de la semana.** ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION Cell phones are provided without charge or deposit, to workers during the period of employment, the herder is contacted by either the employer, sheep foreman, or camp tender almost daily, but always two (2) times a week. The her ers also have a (SPOT) device to track their coordinates and can signal an emergency response if needed during the summer and early fall months on the Forest Service ground. EMPLOYER PROVIDED ITEMS Supplies and equipment. Including, stove, horse, mules, sheep hook, tack, dogs, binoculars, shovel, axe, camp equipment, boxes, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, and other work related items for the purpose of sheepherding. In addition to listed items, workers are provided any other tools, supplies and equipment needed, as required by law, to perform the work safely and effectively.