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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

6

Job Duties:

Crops/Commodities: hay/straw, horses, standardbred horses, thoroughbred horses. Perform semi-skilled manual tasks associated with breeding, raising, and/or horses. Must be competent in basic grooming including bathing, brushing, hoof care, clipping. Assist in handling young horses in preparation for sales, including preparing yearlings to show at farm and preparing stall/sale grounds. Set up feed and hay storage and supply room. Set up bathing and grooming stations. Walk yearlings for exercise. Clean and prepare yearlings for shows. Lead yearlings to sales pavillion for auction. 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. Provide basic medical treatment, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Hold horses for farriers and veterinarians and help administer routine intra-muscular injections. Assist veterinarians with treatment of sick/injured horses and pregnancy checks of mares. Administer first aid and medications to sick/injured horses. Take temperatures of horses. Wrap legs of injured horses or for transporting horses. Administer worming and vaccination schedule for yearlings. Administer worming and vaccination schedule, pre- and post-natal, for mares for foals. Assist in breeding and foaling of mares. Assist with post-pregnancy treatment of mares and neonatal care of foals. Use shiftneys and shanks to lead yearlings. Work with foals/yearlings, including brushing, leading, picking up feet, petting and touching foals to acclimate them to humans. Change foals' halters. Install/maintain irrigation systems and water lines. Move and install irrigation pipes and equipment. Dig and maintain ditches. Install and remove levee gates. Apply pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and other crop protectants. Apply fertilizers, plant growth chemicals, conditioners, and other plant related treatments at the correct times depending on plant type, growth, climate and crop conditions. Mow, cut, and weed fields. 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 foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work. Workers will load trucks with bales of hay and sacks of grain and feed weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Outdoor work required when plants are 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. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job.

Job Classification:

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

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience working in a hay farm or horse breeding operation handling manual tasks including horse breeding activities associated with production of horses, standardbred horses and thoroughbred horses. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required. Workers with clean driving record and/or insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles.

Number of Hours Per Week:

48

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Cane Run Farm, LLC

Location:

Georgetown, KY 40324

Worksite

Address:

1520 Lexington Rd, Georgetown, KY 40324

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-24010-630521

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

1/16/2024

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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