Livestock Hand
Maranatha Farms at Elk Hill LLC
📍 Forest, VA · Bedford County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26287-299950
- 📞 Phone: +1 (216) 238-7476
- ✉️ Email: alyssa@clevelandshoulder.com
Employer instructions
Contact: Reuben Gobezie, 1211 Elk Hill Ln, Forest, Virginia 24551 Phone: (216) 238-7476. Employer will remain available for pre-determined interview appointments on Monday - Friday, 7 AM-5 PM.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Livestock Hand (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26287-299950
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Prepare calving facility. Calve out calves during the calving season. Medicate, vaccinate and treat for seasonal sicknesses. Care for newborn calves and nursing mothers. Monitor newborn calves and nursing mothers. Isolate sick calves. Feed livestock during snowy/subfreezing periods when no seasonal pasturelands remain available for them to naturally graze upon. Add dry bedding. Remove snow from farm property. Break ice formation in water tanks daily. Maintain, clean, and repair winter pens. Move cattle to and from summer grazing pastures. Monitor livestock on pasturelands. Fix and repair fencing. Wean all livestock during the livestock weaning season.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
The normal schedule is Monday through Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., with a 30-minute unpaid meal break, for 9 hours 10 minutes of paid time per day (55 hours per week). Because of the nature of livestock operations, workers may occasionally be requested to work longer days, Sundays, or Federal holidays. Any hours above the normal 55-hour weekly offer are not guaranteed.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:30 A.M. – 5:10 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage offer for H-2A workers only is $16.32 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Forest, Va) |
| Housing | Rental Apartment |
| Meals | Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week. |
| Daily transportation | “The employer will provide vehicles directly to the workers to drive themselves to and from the jobsite and housing as necessary on a day-to-day basis.” |
| Travel to the job | The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period. |
| Pay deductions | Employer will make all legally required deductions, including applicable taxes, Social Security, Medicare, and court-ordered withholdings. Non-statutory deductions may include: (1) repayment of advances or loans with the worker's written authorization and under its terms; and (2) actual, documented repair or replacement costs for willful or negligent damage to employer-provided housing, furnishings, tools, or equipment, charged only to the responsible worker(s). Ordinary wear and tear is excluded. No bedding or housing incidental deposits will be charged. All deductions must be reasonable, without employer profit, and must not reduce wages below the highest applicable rate under 20 CFR 655.120, including the AEWR, prevailing wage, collective bargaining wage, federal or state minimum wage, or offered wage. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26287-299950 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Posted | Oct 14, 2026 |