IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WAGES FOR TEMPORARY AGRICULTURAL JOBS
The Department of Labor recently announced new minimum wage rates, called Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs), that employers must offer and pay, at the time work is performed, to nonimmigrant H-2A workers and workers in corresponding employment beginning on the effective date of the new wage rates. To see the new hourly AEWRs for non-range occupations (effective January 1, 2023) and the national monthly AEWR for herding or production of livestock work on the range (effective January 1, 2023), please visit: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor/wages/adverse-effect-wage-rates
Farmworker
Eddie Woods Stables, Inc.
Ocala, FL
$14.33 per hour
Recruitment Information
- Telephone Number to Apply:
- +13524898915
- Email address to Apply:
- sandra@eddiewoods.com
Job Description
- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 14
- Job Duties:
- Attend to live horses. Duties include feed, water, bathe, exercise, walk and load horses. Clean and maintain stalls. Each worker will be responsible for taking care of at least 8 horses and up to 10 horses daily, including but not limited to following duties: Clean stalls, remove soiled bedding by pitch fork into wheel barrow, empty wheel barrow by pushing up a ramp into muck wagon, this may weigh in excess 100lbs, refilling wheel barrow with clean shavings to replenish bedding in stalls. Empty, clean and refill 5 gallon water buckets for each stall, clean feed tubs. Twice daily check temperatures on horses by inserting a thermometer into rectum of the horse. Lead horses to and from paddocks, wash racks, walking machines, hand walk select horses for extended periods of time, exercise horses, bathe horses daily. Brush horses daily pick and paint hoofs, tend to minor injuries and apply bandages. Do laundry involved with daily care of horses. Keep barns and surrounding areas clean and tidy. Help move bales of hay from storage area to barns bales weigh between 50-150lbs, fill feed cart (bags of feed weigh 50lbs). The anticipated range of hours for different seasonal activities is 40 - 72 on a rotating basis. the workers will not working all of the hours between 5:30 AM to 3:30 PM, but will be offered 1.5 hours of breaks a day with rotating days off. The 1.5 hours of break will be offered at one time and will not be divided throughout the day.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The job/industry classification and description includes general information on the position from ONET/OES and the North American Industry Classification System. Please review Job Duties and Job Order for more information.
Job Requirements
- Experience Required:
- No
- Special Requirements:
- Attend to live horses. Duties include feed, water, bathe, exercise, walk and load horses. Clean and maintain stalls. Each worker will be responsible for taking care of at least 8 horses daily and up to 10 horses daily, including but not limited to following duties: Clean stalls, remove soiled bedding by pitch fork into wheel barrow, empty wheel barrow by pushing up a ramp into muck wagon, this may weigh in excess100lbs, refilling wheel barrow with clean shavings to replenish bedding in stalls. Empty, clean and refill 5 gallon water buckets for each stall, clean feed tubs. Twice daily check temperatures on horses by inserting a thermometer into rectum of the horse. Lead horses to and from paddocks, wash racks, walking machines, hand walk select horses for extended periods of time, exercise horses, bathe horses daily. Brush horses daily pick and paint hoofs, tend to minor injuries and apply bandages. Do laundry involved with daily care of horses. Keep barns and surrounding areas clean
- Number of Hours Per Week:
- 45
- Work Schedule (Start/End time):
- 5:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Employer Information
- Company Name:
- Eddie Woods Stables, Inc.
- Location:
- Ocala, FL 34481
- Telephone Number:
- +13524898915
Worksite
- Address:
- 14840 West Hwy 40, Ocala, FL 34481
Job Order Details
- ETA Case Number:
- H-300-23199-195769
- Multiple Worksites:
- No
- Date Posted:
- 8/2/2023