This position is no longer openIt was filed with U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs and has since been withdrawn or filled. The openings below are current.

Fish and seafood processing worker

Animal Caretaker in SUBLETTE, KS

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: SOUTHWEST CATTLE LLC
Where: SUBLETTE, KS
Places: 25
Pay: $14.25 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-12-14
Ends: 2027-07-14
Filed: 2026-10-15

What the work involves

Workers will perform general dairy farm labor, including feeding and caring for calves, preparing milk and electrolytes, monitoring and treating sick animals, checking for signs of frostbite and cold stress, maintaining heat lamps, and providing adequate straw bedding. Duties also include cleaning and maintaining calf hutches, pens, and milking facilities; operating milking parlor equipment; sanitizing equipment; monitoring cow health; and recording treatments and abnormal milk. The position will also involve seasonal farm maintenance, including removing snow and snowdrifts from hutches and roadways, protecting equipment from freezing temperatures, hauling bedding, cleaning muddy areas during spring thaw, pressure washing hutches and concrete pads, and preparing livestock housing, feed areas, machinery, and once spring and summer begin we need help checking ventilation systems for warmer summer weather.

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 $2,465 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