Equine Reporduction Farm Employee

Equine Reproduction Farm Employee

Salary: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Job Description

Job Title: RREH Reproduction Farm Employee

Hours: 5 days a week to include a weekend shift; (Start/end times may fluctuate with seasons). Overtime after 40 hours per week.

Experience: Basic horse care and farm maintenance knowledge required. Advanced horse handling experience preferred.

General Purpose: To cater to the daily herd management needs of nearly 300 recipient mares, assist veterinarians with various reproduction procedures, care for client mares, in addition to fulfilling barn & farm maintenance duties as assigned.

Ideal Candidate: Seeking a self-motivated, solution-oriented individual with a passion for the horse. Ideal employee will be eager to learn and grow with a young and growing equine reproduction operation. Individual will be capable of working effectively and efficiently within a close-knit team as well as alone.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Physical: Position requires prolonged periods of fast-paced walking and standing. Must be capable of lifting up to 50 pounds. Daily physical demands include squatting, bending, lifting and pushing/pulling horses & equipment to accomplish required duties. Vision must be correctable to 20/30. All job duties to be performed year-round and during inclement weather conditions.

· Behavioral: Individual should be self-motivated and maintain a high productivity level. He/she should demonstrate the ability & desire to work within a team environment by supporting co-workers. Individual should have a thorough work ethic in order to meet quality RREH standards by adhering to safety & biosecurity protocol. He/she must be able to perform effectively under fast-paced circumstances while paying attention to careful detail. Excellent communication and people skills are a must in order to provide superior client care services.

· Organizational and Communicative: Should be detail oriented and able to manage multiple responsibilities both independently and with co-workers. Must demonstrate effective time management, comprehend and follow oral instructions. Must be able to read, write and speak fluent English in order to communicate information with RREH veterinarians, co-workers & clientele.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

I. Recipient and Client Mare Duties

• Sorting daily list of mares to perform palpations and any other vet work necessary
• Assisting with daily TPR’s and grooming of client mares
• Assist in turning out and bringing in client mares
• Cleaning stalls while following biosecurity protocols
• Assist with feeding/catching mares that need to be stalled, based on that day’s agenda

II. Daily Monitoring of Herd Health

• Addressing body condition changes and lameness issues
• Assisting in field and feed changes
• Notice and document any medical symptoms that may arise with individual mares within the herd
• Treat horses for various ailments as needed upon request of farm manager and/or veterinarians

1. Farrier & Dentist

· Safely hold/restrain mares as needed for the farrier and dentist

2. Vaccination/Deworming Schedule & Herd Health Records

• Assist with the administration of both scheduled vaccinations and deworming
• Learn what items are included in individual horse health records & electronic charts for both navigation and data entry purposes

3. Herd Nutrition

· Assist in daily herd feedings of both hay and grain

· Monitoring individual horses with weight concerns and alerting manager as needed

4. Monitoring Farm Supplies

· Alerting supervisor when necessary horse care or farm maintenance items need to be ordered, and farm machinery needs maintenance

5. Farm Machinery

· Must be willing to learn how to operate farm machinery safely

III. Biosecurity Protocols & Cleaning Duties

· Learning and abiding by biosecurity protocols for both the recipient and client side

· Mucking stalls (including cleaning/disinfecting), sanitizing barn aisles and laboratory areas, bathrooms, feed and hay rooms

· Scrubbing water and feed buckets daily and any other cleaning tasks assigned (i.e., removing cobwebs from stalls and ceilings as time allows)

· Ensuring the automatic field waterers are functioning and scrubbed out

IV. Light Landscaping and Maintenance Duties

· Daily surveillance and maintenance of fence lines as needed

· Pasture maintenance to include mowing, weed eating, chain harrowing, etc.

· Minor automatic waterer and fencing repairs as needed

· Seasonal projects as assigned

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• farm maintenance: 1 year (Required)
• horse care: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Georgetown, KY 40324: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $17