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About the Role

This position involves the daily care of horses, including feeding, turnout, and facility maintenance. The role requires the ability to operate heavy equipment and tractors, and demands a self-starter attitude with the capacity to work independently. Regular and prompt attendance is essential, and the role may involve long and irregular hours. Sufficient physical fitness, strength, and agility are necessary to handle horses and work in a physically active, potentially dusty environment.

Responsibilities

Assisting in the daily care of horses, including feeding and turning them out.
Performing maintenance in and around the equestrian facility.
Completing light custodial duties as needed.
Operating heavy equipment, tractors, and other machinery.
Feeding horses inside the Equestrian center and outside in pastures.
Operating Hay Steamer.
Turning horses in and out.
Stall maintenance.
Equestrian facility maintenance.
Performing light custodial duties.
Working night shifts during the regular school year (for stall cleaners).
Maintaining a safe working environment within and around facilities and equipment.
Obtaining Safety Data Sheet (SDS) information for hazards.
Participating in safety training and complying with safety rules.
Participating in all required assigned trainings.
Contributing to the overall success of the University by performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must be a self-starter and able to work independently.
Ability to maintain regular and prompt attendance is essential.
Sufficient fitness and strength to work in a physically active setting.
Ability to work in a high dust environment.
Agility and strength to handle ill, injured, or unruly horses.
Personal protective equipment must be worn when required.
A respiratory function test and the ability to use respirators may be required.
Stairs and uneven surfaces may be present.
The position may require the incumbent to walk outdoors in all types of weather.
Previous experience caring for horses is required.
Must be able to lift 50 pounds.

Skills

Effective oral communication skills.

Location

Western New York

Work Type

Full-time
Part-time

Experience Level

Entry Level

Education Level

High school graduate or GED required.

Salary/Compensations

$16.00 per hour

About the Company

Lighting the way for students since 1836. "We've always been a place for makers, especially those who make the future. Our commitment to independent thinking, creativity, academic rigor and community have made us a unique kind of leader since 1836."
Alfred University (AU) was founded on principles of social justice in 1836 by liberal, independent thinkers who placed high value on education for all citizens.
The University has retained and built upon the strong values of its founders, developing as an institution of national and international renown that is responsive to the needs of contemporary society while remaining consistent with the spirit of its origins.
Alfred University is the second oldest coeducational college in the United States as well as one of the earliest nineteenth century colleges to have enrolled African American and Native American students.
It has a long-standing history of educating socially conscious students who make a difference in their professions and their communities.
Over the course of the twentieth century, Alfred University evolved into a complex institution offering a full range of programs in the liberal arts and sciences, art and design, engineering, business, education, counseling, and school psychology to its nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students that live, learn, and play on a 232-acre campus located in an idyllic, creative valley in Western New York.
Today, Alfred University focuses on a professional education with an emphasis on APEX (applied and experiential learning program). To learn more, visit alfred.edu.

Equal Opportunity

Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.