Stable Assistant Full-Time
Summary
Provides hands-on care for horses at a college stable, handling daily cleaning, feeding, turnout, and veterinary support under supervision.
REPORTS TO: STABLE STAFF SUPERVISOR
STATUS: FULL-TIME, NON-EXEMPT, HOURLY
The stable assistant acts as an overall assistant to the stable staff supervisor. Tuition and other benefits available.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assists with general stable procedures, which include but are not limited to:
- Daily cleaning of stalls.
- Feeding and watering of horses, including removing ice and filling of water buckets.
- Sweeping of aisles, wash racks, breezeways and entryways.
- Lifting/moving bales of hay and bags of shavings and grain.
- Turnouts, including stallions and young and unpredictable horses.
- Handling a variety of horses safely and with confidence, including leading, grooming, picking hooves, haltering horses and putting horse blankets on and off.
- Maintaining safety procedures when working with all horses.
- Assisting with/holding horses for veterinary, dentist or farrier work, as assigned.
- Show preparation, including set up of temp stalls, distribution of bedding, equipment and horses, etc.
- Cleaning of the stable, including washing walls and stalls, removing cobwebs and general cleaning.
- Performs any other tasks which the Stable Staff Supervisor deems necessary.