Dressage Farm Worker
Wyndham Oaks Farm, Boyds, Maryland, 20841, USA
- Type
- Salary
- Competitive
- Work Type
- Permanent
- Work Time
- Full-time
- Live-In
- Live-In Optional
- Bring Own Horse
- Training Available
- Non-Smoker
- Job No
- 379247
- Status
- Looking
- Posted
- 12/5/2022
- Updated
- 12/5/2022
- Expires
- in 26 days
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Come join a team of hard working staff running a 70 horse private boarding facility located in Boyds, Maryland. With 90 acres and 8 full time staff, there is variety and shared work amongst all.
Qualifications Required:
• Work outside year round
• Lift 50lbs on a regular basis
• Experience around horses, specifically leading to and from pastures
• Experience preferred driving farm equipment including tractors and mowers
• Prior experience working on a horse farm preferred
Working under the direction of Farm Manager, responsibilities include but are not limited to: • Daily Operations o Turn in or turn out 10-15 horses o Dress horses accordingly for turnout o Muck out 10-15 stalls as part of a team, add bagged shavings as needed to stalls o Feed grain and hay, stack hay as needed o Complete other duties with additional time that include: Summer: weedwacking, mowing, painting fencing, cleaning barns, maintaining large property Winter: cleaning barns, shoveling snow, filling water tubs
Working Schedule: • 5 days per week, with 2 full days off • 40 hours total a week, ability to work overtime • Schedule: 6am-12p and 4p-6p Summer; 7am-12pm, 2:30pm-4:30pm Winter
Compensation: • Hourly to start $17 hr
• Paid vacation for the first year and beyond. Vacation is accrued each pay period. • Sick leave as needed with a doctor’s note.
Requirements
Must have prior experience leading horses and handling horses. Ideally experience cleaning stalls and property maintenance (mowing, weeding, etc)
Required Key Skills
- People Skills
Accommodation
1 bedroom in shared housing
Job Benefits
Vacation time; sick time; set schedule; possible living arrangement
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- Employer No
- 253967
- Name
- Wyndham Oaks Farm
- Website
- http://www.wyndham-oaks.com/
- Location
- Boyds, Maryland, USA
- Facility Type
Wyndham Oaks: Premier dressage boarding and training facility set on 90 acres of a beautiful agricultural reserve located on the east coast. We have 70 horses with two outdoor arenas, and one large indoor arena. We are also surrounded by miles of trails, and have access to several accomplished trainers.
Wyndham Oaks II: Sister farm 1/2 mile away with 5 stall barns attached to large fields for a luxury field board experience. Outdoor ring and miles of hacking available. 30 horses with multiple bathrooms, wash racks, and an boarder lounge.