Employment Information
- Post ID: 389802515
- Open Date: April 16, 2025
- Close Date: June 11, 2025
- Organization: Fordville Farm Inc.
- Sector: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:262002 Highway 22 West suite 100, Okotoks, Alberta T1S 3G7
- Total Views: 203
- Duration: 2 calendar days (3 business days)
- Last Updated: 2 days ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/alberta/okotoks/389802515/stable-hand/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 2
- Compensation: $21.00 per hour / 50 hours per week
- Anticipated Start Date: As soon as possible
- Apply by: email to [email protected], by mail
- Education: High school graduation certificate
Job Description
Tasks
- Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Develop specific plans to prioritize
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows
- Handling animals
- Organize tasks to accomplish the work
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Feed and tend animals
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Maintain work records and logs
- Perform general farm duties
- Set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops
Experience and specialization
Area of specialization
- Horses
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver’s licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Benefits
Other benefits
- On-site housing options