Reference Number: NA-1715008823
Ranch Foreman / Manager
Candidate Description:
This Hansen Agri-PLACEMENT candidate has dedicated his life to ranching and the cattle involved. He has worked on all sizes of operations from 300-400 head to over 6,500 head of cows. He has 3.5 years of college education in Range Management through MSU, Bozeman. Throughout his work experiences on different ranches he has been to 2 different AI certification courses, some holistic management trainings, as well as ranch management trainings. He currently supervises 7 people on his crew, as seasons change and get busy that number changes. He has been the grunt of the workforce, starting at ground level to currently the foreman of the ranch. He is looking for a position that lets him do his job in its completeness. Being a foreman or manager would be great, but being placed in a camp or unit foreman position would also be ideal. He enjoys working both with a crew and having that camaraderie, but also enjoys working by himself.
He can identify many cattle illnesses and rope sick cattle with attention to low stress handling. He is able to give antibiotics via sub-Q, inter-muscular or intravenous administration. He can identify and treat pink eye using antibiotics and patches if needed, identify calving issues, pull calves, deal with uterine prolapses, milk out beef cows if needed and treat mastitis in beef cattle. He has identified and treated woody tongue, lump jaw, cancer eye and foot rot and more.
This candidate has worked with BLM and USFS in planning and preparing for seasonal turnouts. He has experience managing cattle on different allotments and judging feeds and water availability, planning and managing rotations of cattle to move smoothly into the next allotment pastures. He can track cattle movements using Excel spreadsheets. He has lined up trucks if needed for shipping cattle. He can plan and order needed vaccines, hormones or antibiotics when getting ready for branding season or whatever season it is. He can assign jobs appropriate for peoples’ skill set. He can direct multiple people on different tasks at different locations and lets his crew know well in advanced of their tasks for the day/days ahead so they can be prepared to what is going to be expected of them for the day. He has worked under other people, so he understands the need to be encouraging, fair and be willing to work alongside his crew members if they need help or working by himself to get other jobs done.
This individual is a excellent candidate for many different ranches out there.
Contact Info:
If you would like to consider this candidate for your position, please refer to their Reference Number and contact Eric Hansen at eric@hansenagriplacement.com or call 308-382-7351.