Open Range Livestock Herder
Hanski Family Farms, LLC
📍 Paradise, CA · Butte County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26278-279656
- 📞 Phone: +1 (530) 990-1432
- ✉️ Email: hanskifamilyfarms@gmail.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 Livestock Herder (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26278-279656
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
By mid-December of each year, Fall newborns have been weaned, the pairs have been combined back into larger herds and Feeder herds from the have now been created for herd management and also to provide for the nutritional needs of the growing offspring. Pairs have been combined into larger herds and moved onto range land. This time of year is a crucial feeding & herd management time and is key to the success of our breeding program. The livestock’s main needs are: good nutritional feed, water, and protection from parasites, predators and stress. We have various range sites, including public and private property leases. Proper Herding and Grazing of these locations not only allows us to grow our offspring and maintain the health of our herds, but also helps us to manage our feed source and ensure that these range locations will be available to us in the future. Animals are moved frequently to different areas on the range. Range feeding extends from mid-December to end of October when we begin to slow down the animal movement and prepare for parturition (birthing) season. Minimum standards are required pertaining to care of animals and conduct in public. Animals must be well cared for with no negligence or abuse by personnel. The worker must be able to demonstrate work experience and a knowledge of range herd livestock. The Open Range Livestock Herder will be required to be On-Call 24/7 and live and work on the range more than 50% of the time. Range Duties include: Attends livestock that is grazing on range or pasture. Herding is part of grazing for fire fuels mitigation. Herds livestock and rounds up strays. Takes down and set up of portable electric fencing and working corrals. Beds down livestock near evening campsite and within night pen. Guards Livestock from poisonous plants as well as from predatory animals with the help of livestock guardian dogs. Drench, trim hooves, assist in shearing of livestock. May examine livestock for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instruction. May perform other farm or ranch chores related to the production and husbandry of livestock on an incidental basis. May sort and cut culls. May feed livestock supplementary rations. Must care for and control livestock guardian dogs as well as herding dogs. Employee must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. The job may entail operating a 4-wheeler and use herding dogs for movement of livestock. 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. Worker will be required to attain a driver’s license. General supervision will be provided by the ranch owner.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 50 lb |
Work is performed on the range for the majority (meaning more than 50 percent) of the workdays in the work contract period.
Benefits and conditions
| Paid | Biweekly |
|---|---|
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Paradise, Ca) |
| Housing | #1: 26 ft. mobile trailer with 10 ft. slide out - Capacity 2 #2: 28 ft. mobile trailer with 10 ft. slide out - Capacity 2 #3: 23 ft Mobile trailer - Capacity 2 |
| 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. The employer will abide by 8 Cal. Code Regs. 11140(8). |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26278-279656 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Peak Season Labor, Inc. |
| Posted | Oct 15, 2026 |