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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Perform semi-skilled manual tasks associated with care, breeding, raising, and/or training horses. Must be competent in basic grooming practices including bathing, brushing, hoof care, clipping. Assist in handling young horses, including preparing horses to show at farm and preparing stall grounds. Set up feed and hay storage and supply room. Set up bathing and grooming stations. Walk yearlings for exercise. Practice walking, standing, and presenting yearlings. Clean stalls by removing soiled bedding and manure. Replace with fresh bedding. Strip stalls and disinfect floors, walls, and surrounding areas for broodmares. Sweep barn aisles, stall areas, ceilings to remove dirt, hay, cobwebs, and other detritus. Mow, cut, weed, and otherwise maintain horse pastures. Maintain/clean and fill water troughs and buckets. Handle basic feeding activities including apportioning grain, hay, and feed supplements according to instruction. Must demonstrate common sense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures, i.e., no running in barns, shouting, abusing horses, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in and around barns, sheds, and hay storage. Assist in loading and storing hay/straw. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping, and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences. Must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable footwear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work. Workers with a clean driving record and/or insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles. Additional hours may be offered in emergency situations. Outdoor work required when ground is wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity, and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. Supervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex, or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honeybees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason. Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature, crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time.

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

12

Special Requirements:

This job requires a minimum of 12 months of agricultural field work experience working in a horse breeding operation handling tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Saturday work required. Additional hours may be offered in emergency situations. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer paid drug testing may be performed upon reasonable suspicion. Tasks involve repetitive standing, walking, bending, stooping, and kneeling. Work in unfavorable conditions such as high temperatures, wet or dry/dusty conditions and general summertime adversity. Workers with a clean driving record and/or insurable drivers license may be required to drive company vehicles. Must be 18 or older.

Number of Hours Per Week:

49

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

dba Wolf Creek Equine Hospital

Company Name:

Susan A. Mende, D.V.M. LLC

Location:

Lothian, MD 20711

Worksite

Address:

936 Fiorenza Dr, Lothian, MD 20711

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24002-605773

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/4/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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