Private
We are a small private horse farm looking for a hard working individual who can manage the day to day agricultural duties including but not limited to those listed below.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Feeding horses, cleaning stalls and waterers, keeping barn clean and tidy. Turnout and rotation of horses depending on weather. Stack hay and shavings, unload grain. Other animals care and feeding.
- Grounds maintenance and improvements, including mowing/edging lawns, fertilizing, aerating, leaf collection, pruning, planting and maintenance of landscaping, organic garden, shrubs and trees, fence installation and repair.
- Maintenance of residential irrigation (sprinkler/drip) systems and landscaping.
- Watering and/or dragging arenas when needed.
- Irrigation of pastures (flood) during irrigation season, including preparation and maintenance of ditches, gates and culverts. Cleaning, burning, repairing and improving ditches and gates during the off season.
- Pasture maintenance, seeding, dragging, fertilizing. Weed control (weed identification) including spraying of herbicides and pre-emergent.
- Rodent and insect control, ground squirrels, mice, skunks, wasps, hornets, etc.
Required Skills and Attitude:
- Experience handling horses, landscape upkeep and maintenance
- Hard working self starter, organized and detail focused
- Ability to multitask, prioritize and start/complete tasks and duties
- Effective and efficient time management and communication skills
- Non-smoker / no drugs or substance abuse
- Able to pass a background check
Compensation and Benefits:
This is a full time year round position. No medical or retirement benefits are offered at this time. Bi-annual performance reviews will be conducted, annual performance bonuses are considered but not guaranteed.
TO APPLY:
Forward cover letter & resume to our email address.
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