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About the company
Support for newcomers and refugees Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition.
Support for youths Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
Support for Indigenous people Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations .
Your tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas.
- Develop specific plans to prioritize.
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses.
- Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows.
- Handling animals.
- Monitoring animal health.
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work.
- Perform animal grooming activities .
- Perform livestock feeding.
- Feed and tend animals.
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures.
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment.
- Train horses.
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens.
- Maintain work records and logs.
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry.
- Perform general farm duties.
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops.
Area of specialization Horses.
Animal specialization Thoroughbred horses.
Requirements
Education No degree, certificate or diploma.
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor.
- Farm truck.
- Loader.
- Forklift.
- Hand tools.
Transportation/travel information Valid driver's licence.
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently.
- Work under pressure.
- Physically demanding.
- Repetitive tasks.
- Attention to detail.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Large workload.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Sound discrimination.
- Standing for extended periods.
- Walking.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication.
- Organized.
- Team player.
- Judgement.
- Reliability.
- Quick learner.
No experience (will train).
Other
Work site environment Outdoors. Dangerous. Dusty. Hot. Noisy. Odours. Wet/damp. Cold/refrigerated. Horse breeding. All weather conditions. Dirty.
Work setting Rural area. Staff accommodation available.
Employment terms options
- Early morning.
- Evening.
- Morning.
- Night.
Employment terms options Day. Weekend.