Livestock Worker

H-2A seasonal job with Tim Metzler in Hale Center, Texas. Pay: $12.27/hr. Work period: 2026-12-15 to 2027-02-14. Positions: 2. About 48 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

Duties may include: Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment & other related Livestock Worker activities as per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work.

The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.

Work period: 2026-12-15 to 2027-02-14. Positions: 2.

Requirements: Must be 18 years of age. Worker has 3 days from date of hire to show proof of legal authorization to work in the United States. Drug/alcohol/tobacco free work zone. Static strength; exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, unload, carry objects up to 50lbs; may climb, walk, stand, reach, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, wash, clean: equip, grounds, area. All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified and work throughout all areas of intended employment. Variable weather conditions may apply. Worker must be able to obtain a valid US Driver's License within 2 weeks of reporting to work and possess/maintain a clean Motor Vehicle Record (MVR). Bonus potential based on work performance at the sole discretion of the employer. Employees are expected to keep employer-provided vehicles clean and free of trash. Workers may not post or remove notices, signs, or other instructions fr... See attached Addendum C.