stable hand
L'Ecurie Colibri
Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC, CA
$18-$25 an hour (estimated)
Permanent
- Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
- Langue de travail : Bilingue
- Heures de travail : 15 to 30 hours per week
- Education :
- Expérience :
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Work site environment
- Hay farming
- Livestock combination farming
- Outdoors
- Odours
- Horse breeding
Work setting
Rural area
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
Equipment and machinery experience
- Tractor
- Manure spreader
Area of specialization
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
Animal specialization
Thoroughbred horses
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
Personal suitability
- Organized
- Team player
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Reliability
- Quick learner
Screening questions
- Are you available for shift or on-call work?
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is your current field of study?
- What is your current level of study?
Experience
Will train
Other benefits
- Free parking available
- Learning / training paid by employer
- On-site amenities
- Other benefits
- Parking available
- Variable or compressed work week
Support for newcomers and refugees
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and / or refugees
- Recruits newcomers and / or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example : Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and / or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and / or refugees with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and / or refugees
Support for Veterans
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports Veterans
- Offers mentorship, coaching and / or networking opportunities for Veterans
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans
- Recruits Veterans and other candidates with military experience through targeted hiring initiatives (for example : job fairs, outreach programs etc.)
- Supports Veterans in translating their military skills and experience into the language of the civilian job market
- Offers flexible onboarding options to allow Veterans to gradually adapt to the civilian workplace (for example : gradually increasing hours and responsibilities, etc.)
Supports for visible minorities
- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports members of visible minorities
- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example : anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities
10 days ago