Employment Information
- Post ID: 220995878
- Posted Date: Apr 17, 2025
- Closing Date: Jun 15, 2025
- Company: Fordville Farm Inc.
- Category: Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
- Business Location:262002 Highway 22 West suite 100, Okotoks, Alberta T1S 3G7
- Total Views: 202
- Duration: 1 calendar days (2 business days)
- Last Updated: 1 day ago
- Job URL: https://tribaljobs.ca/jobs/220995878/alberta/okotoks/stable-hand/
Job Details
- Experience: Not required
- Opening Positions: 2
- Remuneration: $21.00 per hour / 50 hours per week
- Commencement Date: As soon as possible
- Education: High school graduation certificate
- How to apply: email to [email protected], by mail
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