Employment Information
- Post ID: 337188007
- Open Date: September 2, 2024
- Close Date: November 8, 2024
- Organization: Fairway Farms Ltd.
- Sector: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:7226 Telegraph Trail, Langley, British Columbia V1M 2M6
- Total Views: 223
- Duration: 18 calendar days (15 business days)
- Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
- Job URL: https://newpeople.ca/jobs/british-columbia/langley/337188007/stable-hand/
Job Details
- Experience: Not mandatory
- Job Vacancies: 1
- Compensation: $20.00 per hour / 40 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 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
- Perform livestock feeding
- Feed and tend animals
- Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
- Train horses
- 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
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Farm truck
- Forklift
- Hand tools
Area of specialization
- Horses
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver’s licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Large workload
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Sound discrimination
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Team player
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner