Trail Guide

Job Title: Trail Guide

Department: Stables

Reports To: Stables Master, Stables Manager

Summary: This position not only conducts guided trail rides, but is primary in the maintenance of Stables equipment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

Other duties may be assigned.

Ensures all gates are unlocked for trail rides.

Ensures all horses are accounted for.

Ensures barn and holding areas are clean.

Ensures pony ring or pasture are ready for rides.

Ensures trails are ready for trail rides.

Mowing, weed eating, fencing and etc. around barn area, trail and fence areas.

Assists with all and any other departments, and their duties.

Ensures all water tanks are filled after the last ride and horses are returned to pasture.

Pastures include: service pasture, general pasture, ring pasture, barn pasture, lookout pasture, peanut pasture, gypsy pasture, point pasture, office pasture, and gravity pasture.

Maintains a positive attitude towards the Resort and the job being performed.

Maintains a safe attitude, conducts all job duties in a safe manner, and reports all work related accidents immediately.

Maintains a favorable working relationship with all other Resort associates to foster and promote a cooperative and harmonious working climate.

Carries out all reasonable requests by management which the Associate is capable of performing.

Knows and demonstrates the Coral Hospitality 3 Steps of Service and the 15 Basics of Service in the performance of daily responsibilities.

The Resort functions seven (7) days a week, twenty-four (24) hours per day. All employees must realize this fact and be aware that it may be necessary to adjust the employee’s work schedule from his/her accustomed shift due to business demands.

Knows and abides by all departmental, Coral Hospitality and Resort policies and procedures.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other Skills and Abilities:

Able to care and feed horses.

Able to tack, western style.

Able to demonstrate good horsemanship.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.