horse stable foreman/woman

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• No degree, certificate or diploma

Experience

5 years or more

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Other miscellaneous animal farming
• Dusty
• Noisy
• Odours
• Outdoors
• Horse breeding
• Livestock

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Diagnose livestock health issues
• Direct farm grooming activities
• Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Organize tasks to accomplish the work
• Treat livestock health issues
• Co-ordinate and supervise the work of general farm workers and harvesting labourers
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
• Formulate feeding program
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Supervise and oversee breeding and other livestock-related programs
• Train horses
• Maintain work records and logs
• Hire and train staff
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Perform general farm duties
• Schedule work assignments
• Track and report on current feed inventory
• Weaning
• Perform animal grooming activities

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Feeding and watering system
• Forklift

Area of specialization

• Horses

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site housing options