RANGE CALVER

Company 5l Ranch

Location Harrison, MT

Date Posted 09/27/2026

Description Total Workers 1 Temporary Fulltime position from 11/5/2026 to 8/31/2027 24 hours 7 days a week $2,132.41 Per Month Workers must have at least 3 months of experience birthing livestock with herds of 200 head or larger on the open range or pasture. One reference required. The following seasonal duties will need to be performed. Herder will need to move pregnant cows from winter grazing grounds to calving grounds. Be able to identify signs of cows going into labor and identify potential problems during the labor process. Know how and when to assist during difficult births. Be able to properly constrain cows for difficult births and able to graft orphan calves to mothers. Ability to identify herd health issues including but not limited to malnutrition of cows and calves, prolapse and mastitis. Provide water to animals, including minor maintenance of water troughs and water lines. May need to haul water in truck to supplement animal water needs. May need to provide supplement feed for the cows and calves if the range has insufficient forage. Disperse livestock on the range to reduce overcrowding and increase the success of mother and calf bonding. Protect vulnerable livestock (calves & cows in labor) from predators. Move cows and calves to branding grounds and assist in Branding, Castrating, Vaccinating, tagging, and worming. Ability to safely rope and or catch calves with a hook. Move cows and calves to summer range grounds. The worker must be able to saddle and ride a horse or mule in a safe and effective manner such as to avoid injury to self, coworkers, bystanders, or the animal itself. The worker may be required to shoe horses for his use. The worker must also be able to use a 4-wheeler in a safe and effective manner. Some work/tasks may occur off the range, but more than 51% of work will be performed on the range. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that can be shown is the result of gross negligence or by a dishonest or willful act on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). Hours worked footnote On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Employment Service (ES) as a no-fee labor exchange that is as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) nor the State Workforce Agencies (SWA) are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party. Open Job Order, please contact Local State Employment office. The employment office will refer each applicant to 5 L Ranch. 5 L Ranch will conduct a full telephone interview with the applicant. The office hours are Monday - Friday from 800 a.m. to 430 p.m., Mountain Standard time 406-842-5693. All employers must continue to be open to any qualified U.S worker regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or citizenship. No strike requirements - The worksite does not currently have workers on strike or being locked out in the course of a labor dispute. Western Range Association and its rancher members maintain a strongmitment to providing a safe, efficient, and productive work environment. An employee's involvement with alcohol and drugs could be extremely dangerous to all employees and others, and disruptive to the workplace. Use, manufacture, distribution or possession of an illegal drug, or misuse of a prescription drug is cause for termination. Any person found to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs while working will be terminated. At the employers expense, all applicants may be required toplete pre-employment alcohol and drug testing. Failure to consent to requested testing, will result in disqualification of the applicant.