Pen Rider
Winner Circle
Minatare, NE
Full-time
Farming / Fishing / Forestry
Posted on July 13, 2021
Pen Rider - Winner Circle Winner Circle Feedyard, Minatare, NE, has an opening for an experienced pen rider. Benefits include health, vision, dental, life insurance and paid vacation.
Pen Rider Responsibilities
- Utilize a horse to ride through assigned pens daily and identify sick animals by observing outward signs of distress.
- Segregate sick cattle for treatment by driving them to nearest hospital pen.
- Assist in shipment of cattle by opening gates, driving cattle to shipping areas for weighing; counting cattle and separating strays; checking withdrawals.
- Move/drive cattle from one area of the yard to another by utilizing humane low stress techniques including slow movement of cattle.
- Return treated cattle to home pens from hospitals.
- Return stray animals to home pens.
- Ride horse safely by awareness of surroundings and exercise of caution in dangerous situations.
- Maintain appearance of break room by properly disposing of trash, wiping feet upon entering and sweeping/mopping according to posted schedule.
- Maintain cleanliness of horse facilities by sweeping floor and cleaning stalls.
- Report observed pen maintenance issues to appropriate yard employee for repair (broken water tanks, bunks, holes, etc.).