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Consultants please conduct a seated interview. Position runs from 12/2/2024 - 4/15/2025. 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, and wind; and herding hazards; poisonous snakes and predators common in range lands. General supervision will be provided by the ranch owner. A minimum of 6 months\' experience is required. Worker must be On-Call 24/7. Driving is required on ranch only. No Driver\'s License Required Attends sheep flock grazing on range or pasture. Herds flock and rounds up strays using trained dogs. Beds down flock near evening campsite. Guards flock from predatory animals and from eating poisonous plants. Drenches sheep. May examine animals for signs of illness and administer vaccines, medications and insecticides according to instruction. May assist with lambing, docking and shearing. May perform other farm or ranch chores related to the production and husbandry of sheep on an incidental basis. May sort and cut culls. May feed animals supplementary rations. Must be able to ride and handle horses in a manner to assure the safety of the worker, co-workers and livestock. 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. Sheepherders will be allowed to operate equipment to feed lambs and ewes with silage wagons. Herders will ride horse and drive 4-wheelers. On call 24/7. Will live on the range more than 50% of the time. Must be willing to be On-Call 24/7. May attend to sheep and lambs in barns during lambing season. May brand, tag, clip or otherwise mark sheep for identification purposes.