Farm Aide 1, Part-Time [Applicant Pool]

Posting Number: 0601150-NC Position Type: Classified Pools Position Title: Farm Aide 1, Part-Time [Applicant Pool] Employment Requirement Not Applicable Division/Department: Agriculture Location Albany - LBCC Horse Barn Job Summary: Provides assistance in caring for animals. Assists with property/grounds maintenance and farm operations. Required Qualifications: Applications are reviewed for minimum qualifications. In order to be considered, your application must clearly show you meet the minimum qualifications for this position. Education and Experience: * Requires experience handling horses. * Must have experience working with farm tools, machinery and equipment, and doing basic facility maintenance. Certificates: * Requires current first aid and CPR cards; * OR, must obtain within 60 days of employment. Knowledge and Skills: * Must have good communication skills to interact with co-workers, college staff and students. * Must be knowledgeable and highly skilled in handling and caring for horses. * Must be familiar with rules and procedures and emergency protocol of a horse facility. * Requires skills in operating farm tools, machinery, and equipment, and knowledge of general maintenance and repair. Abilities: * Requires the ability to learn, understand and follow procedures, rules and protocol. * Requires ability to work independently. * Must have the ability to operate farm tools, machinery and equipment (shovel, rake, wheelbarrow, tractor, etc.) * Requires the ability to handle large, live animals. Preferred Qualifications: Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Physical Skills and Abilities: Requires good hand-eye coordinator and manual dexterity sufficient to operate hand tools, machines and equipment. Considerable physical effort including lifting over 50 pounds (bales, other), and working with large animals. Requires ability to bend, climb, kneel, stoop, crouch, balance, guide, reach, etc. Must have visual acuity to read words and numbers and operate equipment. Requires ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time. Working Conditions: Work is performed outdoors and in outdoor structures (horse barns) in a farm setting with exposure to inclement weather. Some exposure to safety or health hazards (equipment noise, odor, manure, blood and fluids, farm chemicals). Required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and/or during college closures. Essential Duties: * Monitors health and well-being of horses located on-site. * Performs tasks for feeding horses. * Performs barn chores such as cleaning stalls, turning out horses, moving or loading bedding, etc. * Assists with providing routine property maintenance, such as cleaning, repairing, maintaining and improving barn and other facilities. * Assists with farm operations as needed, i.e., maintaining college fields (plowing and disking, leveling, planting, fertilizing, harvesting and maintaining various field crops, cutting, raking, bailing). Repairs horse stalls and paddock, drags arenas. Repairs and moves fences, etc. * Acts as liaison and handles situations as previously instructed and set forth in Center procedures, rules and protocol for both emergency and non-emergency situations. Refers problems to Faculty or Instructional Specialist. * Performs other related duties as assigned. Applicant Instructions: Please complete the online application and upload or attach the following required documents: * Resume U.S. Veterans must attach proof of honorable discharge (Form DD-214, Copy 4) to their application to qualify for veteran's consideration. Proposed Start Date: Full-time or Part-time Part-time Number of hours/week: Varies Work Schedule: Regular Posting Date: 07/13/2024 Closing Date: Open Until Filled: Yes Special Notes to Applicants: This is a pooled position, applicants will be reviewed when an opening becomes available. As a condition of employment, all new employees are required to be compensated via direct deposit. LBCC is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer. Offers of employment are contingent on the applicant residing in Oregon at the time work commences. LBCC offers a pay incentive to eligible employees who demonstrate proficiency in conversational Spanish when evaluated and formally certified by a college-approved professional or agency. Eligibility to apply for and receive bilingual pay incentives for Spanish and languages other than English are subject to the provisions of Administrative Rule 6025-06. For more detailed information, please review the LBCC Bilingual Pay Incentive Administrative Policy. Salary Grade FRM Salary/Rate $16.81/hr

Created: 2025-01-11