Wanted for immediate start person who has experience with horses with some education in basic equine care and safe horse handling skills. Please note I am not in an area for 88 day visa sign off. Prefer person able to commit to 6 mths. Would consider sponsorship long term for skilled person . Fully furnished accommodation available to live on farm. Casual competitive pay rate for 5 days a week under Pastoral Award wage rates. Close to township of Lilydale and less than an hour by train to Melbourne CBD.
Job Description
- Feeding horses hay and hard feeds around the 160-acre farm
- Checking horses heath and giving prescribed medications as instructed
- Mucking out stables and yards and keeping the stables and barn neat and tidy
- Helping with DVD and photo shoots to advertise horses for sale
*Helping show horses for sale to clients
- Grooming horses and rugging as needed.
- Grooming for horses for rider trainer bring in and out horses from paddock to arena and tack up untack brush rug.
- Maybe some riding young warmblood horses and retraining of TBs depending on riding skills.
- Checking fences and do repairs, check and maintaining water troughs.
- Pasture maintenance and putting out round bales with easy to drive 3 gear tractor with slasher and front end loader.
- Holding horses for Vet visits including to breed mares with AI.,
- Holding horses for other equine practitioners including Dentist and Farrier, Massage and Chiropractor.
- Helping to do ground work with 2 year old horses to prepare for sale.
- Some property maintenance of arena and gardens around yard and house.with battery whip snip, ride on mower and some weeding.
- Bringing in and out and tacking up for professional riders training any horses on arena here.