Farmworker

Job description

Attend to live horses: feeding, watering, loading, maintain records on horses, assist in birthing, administer meds, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate, clean and maintain housing areas, clean stalls, pens, and equipment.
Workers must also halter, break, and care for young horses. Clean rooms or work areas. Apply cleaning solvents and use hand / power tools. Operate agricultural equipment or machinery. Build or repair pens, yards, or cages. Grade, classify, or sort products according to specifications. Handle animals: feed or water animals. Groom animals and identify livestock characteristics. Administer medications or treatments. Advise animal owners regarding treatment of animals.
Recognize disease or parasites in animals and examine animals to detect illness, disease, or injury. Use animal disease control techniques. Maintain production or work records and maintain administrative services procedures
manual. Use herbicides, fertilizers, pesticides or related products. Mix chemicals, according to specifications and use portable hand spray equipment. Perform safety inspections in agricultural setting.

Requirements: Must have 3 month experience. Workers must be physically fit to perform job duties without succumbing to excessive exhaustion after break-in period. Workers will be provided safety training and will be
expected to handle tools/equipment safely and carefully so to protect the worker from potential injury. Extensive pushing, pulling, walking, lifting, standing, stooping. Must tolerate extreme temperatures.

Special Requirements

Must have 3-months experience in working with horses and foals. Must have experience in handling and riding young horses.