Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals
Thomas Valasek
📍 Blair, NE · Washington County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26273-270666
- 📞 Phone: +1 (402) 679-1223
- ✉️ Email: vcowchow@gmail.com
Employer instructions
Workers interested in the job may reach the employer at the following address and phone number:
Name: Thomas Valasek
Address: 14326 County Road 21, Blair, NE 68008
Phone: 402-679-1223
Applicants may call Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm
Applicants, Workforce Agency Personnel, Walk-ins, Gates Hires, etc. may:
1. Call for an interview during normal business hours at the number listed above.
2. Report to the farm office or worksite listed above.
3. Employee must be available and indicate willingness to work the entire season. Must have transportation to the job site at the start of the season. Transportation will be reimbursed. Must be familiar with the terms, conditions and nature of employment. Are legally entitled to work in the US. and able, willing and qualified to perform the work. Must possess documentation required to enable employer to comply with the employment verification requirements of IRCA. Accurate completion of Form I-9 will be required from each worker within (3) days of employment and/or hiring of individual referred through the clearance system. All candidates must be able to communicate in English to ensure safety at the workplace.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, And Aquacultural Animals (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26273-270666
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
We need a seasonal employee to assist with our winter calving operation. Our calving season starts in December and runs until March 1. During this time cattle are confined for calving and needs to be fed and cared for daily as well as assistance needs to be provided to help with birthing and deliveries. Calving cows is usually only a short period of time but is labor intensive. After calving is done, no further care is needed since they are released to pastures. Job duties will include: clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps, drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals, examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain, feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies, herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures, mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions, move equipment, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts, order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery, patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles, provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment, shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food, care for animals, clean equipment or facilities, treat animal injuries or illnesses. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion. Employer will pay additional money to anyone who returns for a subsequent season.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 1 month |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 75 lb Drug test |
Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Must have a Class A CDL or equivalent or be able to obtain within 30 days of hire to be able to haul cattle. Require 1 month farm experience. The worker must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | 19.22/hr (wage rate offered to H2A workers only) |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Fremont, Ne) |
| Housing | Family housing not available. Housing will be clean & meet applicable Fed, State &local housing standards. Workers must maintain neat & clean housing. Housing/utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to place of residence the same day. If both male & female workers are hired: separate toilet, bathing and sleeping rooms will be provided. |
| Meals | The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers. |
| Daily transportation | Employer is not a H-2ALC. Employees will be provided with an employer owned vehicle to drive to and from work and to town for errands at least once per week. Daily transportation schedule will coincide with the work schedule outlined on this application, or as agreed upon between employer and employee based on seasonal demands and/or workload. A different vehicle(s) may be provided which meets all DOT requirements if the following is no longer available. The vehicle provided will be a 2013 Chevy |
| Travel to the job | The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will 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 distances involved. |
| Pay deductions | Deductions required by law. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of damages &/or replacement of tools &/or equipment if such repair or replacement results from willful neglect or gross negligence after damage has occurred & after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of damages and/or replacement of tools and/or equipment/lodging/vehicles if such repair or replacement results from willful neglect or gross negligence after the damage has occurred and after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26273-270666 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Golden Opportunities Int. LLC |
| Posted | Oct 14, 2026 |