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- Assembles and packages all types of cargo in neat, correct and compact arrangements and manties in a tight package that can be handled, carefully balanced, and packed aboard horses and mules. Packs a wide variety of cargo such as tandem packing lumber (up to 16' lengths), doors, bridge decking, culverts, cook stoves, refrigerators, furniture, boat motors, wheel barrows, bed springs and frames, electronic equipment, prefabricated pit toilets, roofing, explosives, hay and any other type of supplies and materials.
- Loads and hitches packed supplies and equipment onto pack animals, balances and adjusts side packs and insures that pack saddles and varied or modified packs are not rubbing or otherwise in a position to cause injury to the pack stock or the cargo.
- Provides professional grade care and handling of stock which includes grooming, shoeing, feeding, watering and caring for the medical needs such as administering shots and medication.
- Maintains and repairs packing equipment such as ropes, halters, pack and riding saddles, cargo boxes, mantas, harnesses, leads, pigtails, slings and cargo ropes. Splices and weaves new rope accessories, sews various leather materials, etc., needed in packing assignments.
- Leads strings of 6 to 9 pack animals, plus a lead horse, over the best self-chosen routes in rugged mountainous terrain, over rain or snow melt, swollen creeks and rivers, across snow pack areas up and down series of switchbacks, etc., to reach destinations without injury to self, pack stock or cargo.
- Hauls personnel, animals, equipment and materials to and from trail heads.
- When not actively engaged in packing operations, may be assigned as a working member of a trail crew performing various trail maintenance functions including but not limited to: sawing out downed trees, miscellaneous shoveling, trail grubbing, pasture fencing, and hiking.
Physical Effort: These positions are required to lift and move large heavy loads over 100 pounds on a regular basis. Awkward items such as rock drills, wood stoves, concrete bags, etc. must be placed onto mules and carried to remote work sites. Incumbent must walk, bend and ride on horseback for long hours. Required to lift, carry and secure awkward loads up to 100lbs. onto the sides of animals at or above chest height and use arms to hold packs in position while hitching ropes. Incumbent must be able to adjust these loads along the trail in steep, rocky or other poor footing situations. While preparing loads, incumbent is constantly required to bend, squat, twist, lift and carry loads onto trucks for transport. Position requires that the incumbent have good physical stamina and strength in arms, back and legs to perform these required tasks safely and efficiently. Position also requires ability to walk up to 20 miles per day while carrying loads or leading multiple heads of stock.
Working Conditions: These positions may work up to altitudes up to 10,000 feet in elevation, in all extremes of weather from wind, rain, snow and extreme cold, to hot, dry and dusty. Temperatures range from -40F to 95F sudden, violent changes. There is danger of cuts, burns and hypothermia; danger of strained or pulled muscles due to the movement of animals while hitching or loading, shoeing, etc.; danger from animals crushing, striking, or biting. Incumbent may work with chainsaws and rock drills in dusty areas where visibility and breathing are compromised. Incumbent may spend multiple nights in the backcountry camping with park stock in remote, cold environments.
Starting at $26.94 Per Hour (WG 8)
