Open Range Production / Parturition
Big Fork LLC
📍 Croydon, UT · Morgan County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26231-180329
- 📞 Phone: +1 (801) 940-6636
- ✉️ Email: albert@wildvalleyfarms.com
Employer instructions
To apply, applicants must provide their full name and contact information. Only those applicants who meet all the special requirements for employment and who are ready, able, willing and qualified to perform the work, who are eligible for employment in the United States, and who will be available at the time and place needed, should apply. Interested applicants and the State Workforce Agency may call between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Mon. thru Fri. PST. Applicants may apply by visiting the local State Workforce Agency to submit their application and be advised of the terms, conditions and qualifications for the job, pursuant to 20 CFR 655.155. Applicants must provide the name, and working telephone number of the previous employer being used as a reference (the reference must be able to verify the workers experience in the occupation for which the worker is applying). If hired, the applicant must be able to provide U.S. employment eligibility and/or identification documents in verification of the applicants right to work in the U.S. The employer will complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) on each worker. The employer may be reached by the State Workforce Agency. Applications may be emailed or mailed. Interviews will be at little or no cost to workers, whether via phone or in-person. Peak Season Labor, Inc. is the designated agent.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Open Range Production / Parturition (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26231-180329
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
In November we gather the sheep from the high country to prepare them to be moved to the west desert 250 miles west of the home ranch. The sheep are corralled then treated for lice with pour on then vaccinated for C and D with Tetanus. They are then loaded on 10 semi trucks and hauled to the desert. Once they unload the sheep they must be closely herded to keep them from grazing on areas where there are high concentrations of halogeten a poisonous plant if eaten before the sheep could be gradually allowed to be acclimated to it. This is a three day and night vigil. Once the sheep have acclimated, they have to be retrained to bed down by the sheep camps and staying the night without straying. The Open Range Winter Herders will haul water and place the water in fiberglass troughs to water the sheep. Each sheep needs a gallon of water per day and this amount increases to a gallon and a half when Spring weather gets warmer. The water troughs must be moved every other day as the sheep continue to more around the 88000 acre permit.
The Open Range Winter Herder is responsible to move the sheep up off the bed ground in the direction designated for the flock each day. The herder can come back to camp and rest until noon then will go back out and and ride around the end turning them back a little so they don’t go too far in one day. He can again return to camp until late afternoon when he goes out and brings them back to bed at camp.
When/If a snow or dust storm arises, the herd must be gathered and bedded or in some cases corralled to keep them from wandering off during the storm.
The herders job is to move the sheep in grazing patterns to best utilize the feed , not overgrazing some areas while missing others. If snow comes, the sheep must be handled in such a way to get the most out of it’s use.
Once the bucks are put in the herd the herder must spend more time with the sheep to keep the herd mixed so the bucks don’t always stay at the back of the herd.
Occasionally, the Open Range Winter Herder must gather the herd and pull out sick lame or old sheep to be taken back to the ranch. The herd must be counted from time to time. The herder must always watch for predators and contact ADC trapper. The Open Range Winter Herder watch out for poisonous plants. In the spring the sheep are gathered, and trucked to the home ranch.
We go out in the fall around the 15th of November and come home by the 1st of May
Worker must be able to lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds. Most duties are performed out-of-doors and entail exposure to extreme heat and cold; dust, rain, snow, wind; and herding hazards; poisonous snakes and predators common in range lands. General supervision will be provided by the ranch owner. The open range livestock worker will be required to be On-Call 24/7 and live and work on the range more than 50% of the time.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 100 lb |
Benefits and conditions
| Paid | Biweekly |
|---|---|
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Croydon, Ut) |
| Housing | Various range locations on BLM lands in Millard and Morgan counties in Utah. |
| Meals | Kitchen facilities, utilities and utensils will be provided by the employer at no cost to the worker. Worker will prepare their own meals. Upon request, employer will provide transportation to stores at least every two weeks for shopping for food and other necessary items at no cost to the worker |
| Daily transportation | The employer, will provide transportation between mobile range housing provided by the employer and the employer’s place of employment at no cost to the worker. The employer provided housing and the Place of employment are at the same location. This Open Range worker lives and works on the range. If a worker needs transportation, workers with driver’s licenses will be provided with a company vehicle, or the employer or another licensed driver employed by the company will transport worker. |
| Travel to the job | The employer will pay for INBOUND and OUTBOUND transportation as well as all reasonable daily subsistence costs to amount to no less than those set forth in § 655.173(a). Transportation to place of employment: The employer may provide transportation to the place of employment by one of the following means: |
| Pay deductions | Room and board and Workers Compensation insurance will be provided at no charge to the workers. Social security / Medicare Taxes and Federal / State taxes will be withheld from U.S. Worker’s paychecks. Voluntary withholdings will be deducted from foreign workers? paychecks at their request. Employer will make the following deductions when applicable: FICA, loans and advances, long-distance telephone charges. The employer will not make deduction from the employees wage unless it can be shown that the shortage, breakage, or loss is caused by a dishonest or willful act, or by the gross negligence of the employee. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26231-180329 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Peak Season Labor, Inc. |
| Posted | Aug 26, 2026 |