Winter Range Livestock Herder
RALPH K MILLER
📍 White Sulphur Springs, MT · Meagher County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26245-211970
- ✉️ Email: c@ctm51.com
- 🌐 Website: montanaworks.gov
Employer instructions
Only applicants that meet all minimum qualifications for employment and who are 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. Applicants may apply directly via method indicated or visit the local SWA to submit their application and be advised of the terms, conditions and qualifications for the job, pursuant to20 CFR 655.155. Applicants must provide the name, and working telephone number of the previous employer who is able to verify the workers experience in the occupation for which the worker is applying. When an applicant has not worked, in the applied for occupation, during the past twelve (12) months, up to two (2) references will be required. If hired, the applicant must be able to provides. employment eligibility and/or identification documents in verification of the applicant's right to work in the United States. The worker will be afforded the time allotted by law to produce the proper documentation as outlined on the I-9 Form. The employer will complete the EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION FORM (I-9) on each worker.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Winter Range Livestock Herder (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26245-211970
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Required to be available up to 24 hours per day, 7 days a week and spend the majority of workdays on the range. All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage);break ice over frozen water sources; detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep livestock gathered and safe; detect through winter tracking methods where other rancher(s)'livestock has been to avoid overgrazing of forage; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs)and horses; guard against predators prevalent during the winter months using appropriate tracking, trapping, and hunting methods ; herd livestock to appropriate grazing areas using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; lift and stack bales of hay and sacks of grain and mineral onto a feed truck or wagon; load bales of hay and/or sacks of grain onto truck or trailer used for feeding; maintain and set up supply wagon in appropriate direction to provide wind break/shelter/protection for horses & dogs; make sufficient water from snow for horses/dogs at camp; move pregnant livestock at apace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night; operate camp stove appropriately to provide/conserve heat in extreme cold/high winds; properly hobble camp horses; properly use/store food supplies for herder/horses/dogs; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; report to rancher dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition; report to rancher on water/forage/weather conditions; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death. Perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the ranch during the winter season: administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress; assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production; assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock; break ice over frozen water sources; feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses; intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness; keep accurate record of new offspring born; repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage; use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 80 lb |
Required to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, spend the majority of work days on the range, live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time, to ride, handle and tend horses in a manner to assure the safety and health of the worker, co-workers, horses, dogs and livestock, work outdoors in all types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes and large game animals, biting insects and extreme temperature, work with and around farm machinery such as tractors, UTVs and ATVs for supplemental feeding purposes and movement of livestock, work as part of a team when needed, train, work with and care for herd working dogs and guard dogs, ride, hike, pack and camp with horses in mountainous terrain, able to perform strenuous work at high altitudes for extended periods of time.
Benefits and conditions
| Paid | Other |
|---|---|
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (White Sulphur Springs, Mt) |
| Housing | A mobile camper unit that is moved from pasture to pasture and occupied by the herder on the range. Employer-provided mobile range housing (camper unit), moved among the winter range pastures as the herd moves. Capacity of one. |
| Meals | The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, three sufficient meals a day, or free and convenient cooking facilities with adequate provision of food to prepare meals. At least 4.5 gallons of potable water, per day, per worker, for drinking and cooking, delivered on a regular basis, and additional water (may be nonpotable) sufficient to meet the worker's laundry and bathing needs. |
| Daily 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. |
| Travel to the job | Inbound: The employer will provide or pay for commercial bus or airline service to workers, or permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distance involved. CONTINUED ON ADDENDUM C. |
| Pay deductions | All deductions required by law will be made from the worker’s paycheck. Social security, federal and state (if applicable) taxes will only be deducted from foreign H-2A workers upon request. Transportation and subsistence advanced/paid to the worker may be deducted from the employee’s pay, but will be reimbursed to the worker upon 50% completion of the work contract. Employer will make the following deductions when applicable and/or upon request of the employee: elected benefits; loans and advances; long distance/data plans for personal telephone use. When it can be shown that damage to housing, tools and/or equipment caused by the employee (other than normal wear and tear) is willful or a result of negligence, the employer may demand reimbursement for the reasonable repair or replacement cost. CONTINUED ON ADDENDUM C. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26245-211970 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Immigration Law of Montana, P.C. |
| Posted | Sep 30, 2026 |