Farmworker-Animals

H2ajobs; Marana (AZ); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Transportation to grocery store

Visa costs paid

Job summary

H2ajobs in Marana, AZ is seeking farm workers to care for horses across breeding, foaling, and routine husbandry duties. You will feed, groom, monitor health, assist with breeding under supervision, and help move mares, stallions, foals, and young horses.

You will also maintain housing areas, stalls, and equipment, while following safety protocols. Experience in horse care is preferred and visa support is available where applicable.

Qualifications

• 4 months experience breeding and caring for horses.

Responsibilities

• Feed, water, groom, and provide routine horse care.
• Observe for illness, injury, pregnancy, and breeding readiness; report findings.
• Assist with breeding procedures under supervision.
• Care for pregnant mares and foaling; assist with foaling.
• Maintain stalls, barns, pens, corrals, feeders, and water troughs; clean manure.
• Repair and maintain fences and facilities used in horse breeding.
• Operate farm equipment such as tractors and trailers as needed.
• Move and handle mares, stallions, foals, and young horses.

Skills

Horse care

Job description

Workers will perform agricultural duties associated with the breeding, raising, and care of horses. Duties include feeding, watering, grooming, and providing routine care for horses; observing horses for signs of illness, injury, pregnancy, and readiness for breeding and reporting concerns to the supervisor; and handling and moving mares, stallions, foals, and young horses. Workers will assist with horse breeding activities, including preparing and handling mares and stallions for breeding and assisting with breeding procedures under supervision. Workers will care for pregnant mares, monitor mares approaching foaling, and assist with foaling as directed. Workers will provide routine care for mares and newborn foals and assist with weaning and handling young horses. Workers will clean and maintain stalls, barns, pens, corrals, breeding areas, feeders, and water troughs; remove manure; replace bedding; and clean and disinfect livestock areas and equipment. Workers may repair and maintain fences, gates, barns, pens, and other facilities used in the horse breeding operation.

Workers may operate tractors, utility vehicles, trailers, and other farm equipment used in feeding, moving, and caring for horses and maintaining livestock areas. Workers may load, unload, lead, and move horses as necessary. Perform other agricultural duties directly related to the breeding, raising, and care of horses.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Housing will have free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and transportation will be provided to the grocery store weekly.

Transport: Inbound: The employer will provide commercial bus tickets or private van transportation from the consulate city to the place of employment, paid for in advance. After arrival, the employer will reimburse the worker for daily subsistence and transportation costs incurred to the consulate city, at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges. All visa costs will be paid in advance by the employer as required by regulations.

Experience wanted: 4 months

4 months working with breeding and caring for horses.