Sheep Shearer
David and Janine Foley
📍 Kaycee, WY · Johnson County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26308-343150
- 📞 Phone: +1 (307) 738-2666
- ✉️ Email: foley_shearing@hotmail.com
Employer instructions
All applicants who contact the local job service office should be made thoroughly familiar with the job specifications and terms and conditions of employment on the job order by the local SWA. Workers meeting all the qualifications of the job order should be referred to the employer. The employer will receive referrals, interview workers, and make hiring commitments. The local Work Force Agency offices should mail all applications of qualified and eligible workers to the employer. The employer will also receive phone calls from and consider the application of all walk-in applicants and applicants who hear of the job opening(s) by word of mouth.
Pursuant to the Sheepshearer Special Procedures, a sheep shearing contractor may require that a U.S. worker applying for a job must be available to work for the remainder of the employers entire sheep shearing itinerary in the United States, and for the total duration of the period of employment specified in the job order. This is considered a lawful job-related requirement, and U.S. workers must be informed of this requirement at the time of referral. A U.S. worker referred after the labor certification has been granted, but before [the recruitment period] has elapsed, must be available and willing to join the crew at whatever place the crew is located at the time and remain with the crew for the balance of the [sheep] shearing itinerary. An employers rejection of a U.S. worker who is unable or unwilling to accept such a requirement is considered a rejection for a lawful job-related reason. If hired, the applicant must be able to provide the document(s) required by the regulations to the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, at 8 CFR 274a.2(b) to establish his or her identity and eligibility for employment in the U.S. The worker will be afforded the time allowed by these regulations to produce the proper documentation. Employer will complete the I-9 Form required by the Act for each worker. The assistance of the referring SWA in helping workers provide required documentation will be appreciated. Collect telephone calls will be accepted by employer at the number listed in Item 1 from the SWA placement personnel or Applicant Holding Offices only. Collect telephone calls will not be accepted from individual applicants. Applicants should be thoroughly screened as required in Item 15 before the referring official places collect telephone calls to the employer.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Sheep Shearer (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26308-343150
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Applicants should have sufficient experience to shear by using power driven clippers, 96-125 ewes per day after a 5-day break-in period. Applicants with hand shearing experience only and who are able to shear at a rate of at least 70 ewes per day must be given the opportunity to adapt to use of power driven clippers. Will use handpiece, combs, cutters, motor, hanger and grinder. Must be willing to shear without tying the feet and not put knee in sheep's abdomen. Will be given the opportunity to learn to shear loose. Will be given a 5-day break-in period to learn to shear loose. Must shear leg wool. Place in shearing position, clip wool close to hide so wool is removed in one piece. Exercise care not to nick, pink, or cut skin and to avoid second cuts. May help move sheep in and out of shearing area. Oils hand tools and sharpens combs and cutters. Perform all job related duties according to employer requirements. Will work in dust, cold, snow, etc. Wyoming/Colorado climate. Must have 6 months experience working as a sheepshearer in, must have past reference to verify experience, and must be physically able to perform the job duties previously described. Los candidatos deberán tener experiencia suficiente en la corte mediante el uso de máquinas de cortar el motor de propulsión, 96-125 ovejas por día después de 5 días de descanso-en el periodo. Los candidatos con experiencia directa de rotura y que sólo son capaces de corte a una velocidad de al menos 70 ovejas por día deben tener la oportunidad de adaptarse al uso de la energía impulsado Clippers. Pieza de mano de uso Will, peines, cuchillas, motor, suspensión y molinillo. Debe estar dispuesto a esquilar sin atar los pies y no puso la rodilla en el abdomen de la oveja. Se le dará la oportunidad de aprender a cortante suelto. Se le dará un descanso de 5 días en el período de aprender a cortante suelta. Debe de lana de corte de la pierna. Coloque en posición de corte, cerca de lana clip para ocultar así la lana se extrae en una sola pieza. Actúe con cuidado de no nick, rosa, o cortar la piel y para evitar el recorte de segundo. Puede ayudar a las ovejas se mueven dentro y fuera de la zona de corte. Aceites de herramientas de mano y agudiza los peines y cuchillas. Realizar todas las funciones relacionadas con el trabajo de acuerdo a las necesidades del empleador. Trabajará en polvo, frío, nieve, etc Wyoming / clima de Colorado. Deben tener 6 meses de trabajo experiencia trabajar como un esquilador, debe tener referencia al pasado para verificar la experiencia, y debe ser físicamente capaz de realizar las tareas de trabajo se ha descrito anteriormente.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
Applicants should have sufficient experience to shear by using power driven clippers, 96-125 ewes per day after a 5-day break-in period. Applicants with hand shearing experience only and who are able to shear at a rate of at least 70 ewes per day must be given the opportunity to adapt to use of power driven clippers. Will use handpiece, combs, cutters, motor, hanger and grinder. Must be willing to shear without tying the feet and not put knee in sheep's abdomen. Will be given the opportunity to learn to shear loose. Will be given a 5-day break-in period to learn to shear loose. Must shear leg wool. Place in shearing position, clip wool close to hide so wool is removed in one piece. Exercise care not to nick, pink, or cut skin and to avoid second cuts. May help move sheep in and out of shearing area. Oils hand tools and sharpens combs and cutters. Perform all job related duties according to employer requirements. Will work in dust, cold, snow, etc. Wyoming/Colorado climate.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | The following wage rates will be paid for work done in Wyoming and Colorado: $2.80 per head for ewes and replacement lambs, $2.10 per head for feedlot lambs and $5.60 per head for bucks/rams. |
| Housing type | Rental or public accommodations (Kaycee, Wy) |
| Housing | Historically, all shearers have preferred to live in their own mobile trailer which the shearer has voluntarily chosen to purchase. A worker who chooses to provide his/her own trailer may live in that trailer. Foley Shearing Company will lease the mobile unit owned by a crew member. The crew member will be given compensation that will be reasonable and consistent with leasing rates normally applicable to such units. For those not owning trailers, public accommodation will be available. |
| Meals | Convenient cooking and kitchen facilities will be provided by employer at no cost to workers who do not have their own facilities. Workers will provide and prepare their own meals. Employer will provide transportation to stores at least every two weeks to shop for groceries or employer will purchase groceries for worker at worker’s own expense. Under certain circumstances, employer may at the employer’s option, provide the worker with 3 meals per day, and $16.28 per day will be deducted from the worker’s wages. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide transportation between the worker’s living quarters (i.e., housing provided or secured by the employer) and the employer’s worksite at no cost to the worker, and such transportation must comply with all applicable Federal, State or local laws and regulations, and must provide, at a minimum, the same vehicle safety standards, driver licensure, and vehicle insurance as required under 29 U.S.C. 1841 and 29 CFR part 500, subpart D. See Addendum C. |
| Travel to the job | If the worker completes 50 percent of the work contract period, 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 departed to the employer’s place of employment. For an H–2A worker coming from outside of the U.S., the place from which the worker has departed is the place of recruitment. See Addendum C. |
| Pay deductions | The employer will make the following deductions: loans and advances (if any); long distance telephone charges (if any); the reasonable repair or replacement cost of willful or negligent damage to employer provided housing, tools and equipment caused by the worker (other than normal wear and tear). Federal and State withholdings will not be deducted from the pay of H-2A foreign workers. Federal, FICA and State withholdings will be deducted from U.S. workers as regulations require. Colorado wages will have State withholdings as regulations require. Wyoming will not have State withholdings. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26308-343150 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Posted | Nov 4, 2026 |