Job Description:

• 1) Performs any combination of the following tasks to bed, feed, water, load, weigh, mark, and segregate livestock: Feeds grains, hay, and prepared feed and waters livestock according to schedule.

• 2) Opens gates and drives livestock to scales, pens, trucks, railcars, and holding and slaughtering areas according to instructions, using electric prod and whip.

• 3) Weighs animals and records weight.

• 4) Segregates animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.

• 5) Marks livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.

• 6) Cleans ramps, scales, trucks, railcars, and pens, using hose, fork, shovel, and rake.

• 7) Scatters new bedding material, such as sawdust and straw, in pens, railcars, and trucks.

• 8) May vaccinate, apply liniment, drench, isolate, and mark animals to effect disease control program.

• 9) May make routine repairs and perform general maintenance duties in stockyard.