Farm and agricultural worker

RANCH HAND in LONGMONT, Colorado

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: COLORADO CALF CO
Where: LONGMONT, Colorado
Places: 17
Pay: $18.11 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-11-07
Ends: 2027-06-15
Filed: 2026-09-21

What the work involves

Duties may include: Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies, herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures, and assist with calving duties. Worker may examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain and provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to move equipment. Inspect, clean, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences, & other related Ranch Hand activities as per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org) Possible weekend/holiday work

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $3,133 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification