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Monet Pasture Ltd. at Elrose requires a full time seasonal rider(s) to help care for 1950 cow/calf pairs May 1 - Nov 1/2016. Must supply own horses and tack. Experience with cattle disease mandatory. Valid class 5 drivers licence. Must be able to rope and treat cattle in open pasture. Housing available. Wages $23-30/her dependant on experience.
Essential Skills
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
Transportation/Travel Information
- Valid driver's licence
- Drive manual transmission vehicle
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
Specific Skills
- Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
- Feed and tend animals
- Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
- Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry
Type of Equipment
- Tractor
- Haying equipment
Type of Farm Operations
- Livestock
Work Location Information
- Staff accommodation available
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Attention to detail
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Sitting
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Noisy
- Dusty