Cowboy

INNOVATIVE LIVESTOCK SERVICES INC•Great Bend, KS

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Innovative Livestock Services, Inc. is seeking qualified Pen Riders for our feed yards located in Kansas. This position is responsible for the health, welfare, and movement of livestock in the feedlot.

Requirements

Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
Ability to perform these operations using units of American weight measurement, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, airborne particles and vibration.
Frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions.
Noise level in the work environment is sometimes loud.
Regularly required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
Frequently required to climb or balance.
Occasionally required to walk and use hands to touch, handle, or feel.
Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Must be able to pass post offer employment testing.

Nice To Haves

One to three month’s related experience and/or training
Equivalent combination of education and experience

Responsibilities

Review daily agenda for cattle movements.
Perform head counts, retrieve cattle from all applicable pens and move to scales and shipping pens.
Drives cattle from one area of the yard to another humanely by practicing low stress techniques including the slow movement of cattle.
On horseback, ride through pens and/or pastures, inspect cattle and make decisions about pulling animals to be evaluated.
Evaluate respiratory observe and recovery pens for re-treatment or movement to home pens.
Maintains accurate computer data entry and thorough record keeping.
Gather and move strays back to appropriate lots and pens.
Rides horse safely through acute awareness of surroundings and exercises caution in dangerous environments.