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Stable Hand
Posted on October 6, 2024
by L'Ecurie Colibri
Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec, Canada
Job Sector:
Farm, Agriculture & Forestry
Term of Employment: Part-Time
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Duration: 0 calendar days (0 business days)
Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Job URL: https://newworkers.ca/jobs/quebec/vaudreuil-dorion/978651235/stable-hand/
Job Description
Tasks
- Clear fields of wood and stones
- Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
- Diagnose livestock health issues
- Disinfect pens, barns or poultry houses
- Groom horses in preparation for competitions and shows
- Handling animals
- Monitoring animal health
- Perform animal grooming activities
- Perform livestock feeding
- Feed and tend animals
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed
- Train horses
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
- Perform general farm duties
Experience and specialization
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Manure spreader
Area of specialization
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
Animal specialization
- Thoroughbred horses
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Own transportation
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Ability to work independently
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Handling heavy loads
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Walking
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- Other benefits
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week