This job expired on January 08, 2019
Livestock & Pasture Maintenance Apricot Lane Farms
- Date Posted November 09, 2018
- Location Moorpark, CA
- Category Agriculture
- Job type Full-Time
Company description
This position work will include work with volunteers from our WWOOF program on a daily basis.
If interested, email your cover letter, resume, and references. Be sure to TELL US YOUR STORY!!!! No phone calls or stopping by please.
Principal Accountabilities:
• Responsible for any and all livestock needs at Apricot Lane Farms.
• This is hourly position is structured as a six-day/week position, 6:30 AM - 4PM with a 1/2 hour lunch break. However, farming by nature, requires long hours. Therefore, this position may require early mornings and late nights, and on call duties.
• Performs daily tasks including, but not limited to, tending to the water and food of all animals, sheering sheep, moving animals from one area to another, organizing supplies, building & moving fences, moving chicken coops, monitoring grass levels, closing chicken coop doors, and mucking stalls.
• Assist and facilitate the vetting of animals, under the direction of the Livestock Manager and John Chester.
• Perform mowing, fertilizer application, cultivating, spraying and more in the animal pastures of Apricot Lane as needed.
• Assists in the birth of all animals across the property and may be on call at all hours of the day or night to do so.
• On call as needed to conduct night visits to check on sick animals, nursing animals or animals that are left out in the pasture or orchard.
• Responsible for training and overseeing the work of WWOOFer assistants as related to livestock/pastures.
• Support the farm's needs outside of all core responsibilities, including, but not limited to, irrigation work, supporting the needs of the orchards, building structures, installing and repairing fencing, tractor operation, running errands and addressing reasonable requests by Farm Management.
Requirements:
• Ability to maintain clear communication with others
• Detail oriented
• ORGANIZED
• Sincere passion for livestock/animals and the land/animals/ecosystem (especially soil!)
• PREFERRED 6 months to a year farm experience with livestock
• PREFERRED 6 months or more farm experience
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED with Holistic Animal Husbandry
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED 6 months or more farm experience with Organic Animal Husbandry
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED Animal Welfare Certification
• PREFERRED experience with tractor
• Comfortable with MS Office - Word and Excel
• Must live within 30 minutes of the Farm*
*Potential opportunity to live on the farm may be available with additional responsibilities.
Compensation:
*This position has a pay range of $13.50 to $18.00 per hour depending on experience. Apricot Lane Farms offers comprehensive benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as vacation pay and 401k. Compensation this position is Application instructions
Apricot Lane Farms is located 40 miles north of Los Angeles and 20 miles east of Ventura in Moorpark, CA. Our team has been charged with the mission of creating a well-balanced ecosystem and rich soils that produce nutrient-dense foods while treating the environment and the animals with respect.
Our farm residents include pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, ducks, guinea hens, horses, highland cattle, and one brown Swiss dairy cow named “Maggie.” Our land consists of Biodynamic Certified avocado and lemon orchards, a vegetable garden, pastures, and over 75 varieties of stone fruit.
Our team members are passionate about growth, innovation and collaboration. We are constantly striving to improve and better ourselves so that we can better support our work. If you have a growth mindset and you thrive working in a unique environment, you are probably a great fit for our team! Job description Apricot Lane Farms is a 214-acre organic and biodynamic farm looking for a Livestock and Pasture Maintenance assistant. This program utilizes biodynamic and rotational practices. Equally as important to caring for the livestock is caring for the land and soil on which they are raised. The Livestock/Pasture Maintenance Assistant oversees all aspects of the daily care, feeding, and life support system maintenance of our diverse collection of animals and pastures.This position work will include work with volunteers from our WWOOF program on a daily basis.
If interested, email your cover letter, resume, and references. Be sure to TELL US YOUR STORY!!!! No phone calls or stopping by please.
Principal Accountabilities:
• Responsible for any and all livestock needs at Apricot Lane Farms.
• This is hourly position is structured as a six-day/week position, 6:30 AM - 4PM with a 1/2 hour lunch break. However, farming by nature, requires long hours. Therefore, this position may require early mornings and late nights, and on call duties.
• Performs daily tasks including, but not limited to, tending to the water and food of all animals, sheering sheep, moving animals from one area to another, organizing supplies, building & moving fences, moving chicken coops, monitoring grass levels, closing chicken coop doors, and mucking stalls.
• Assist and facilitate the vetting of animals, under the direction of the Livestock Manager and John Chester.
• Perform mowing, fertilizer application, cultivating, spraying and more in the animal pastures of Apricot Lane as needed.
• Assists in the birth of all animals across the property and may be on call at all hours of the day or night to do so.
• On call as needed to conduct night visits to check on sick animals, nursing animals or animals that are left out in the pasture or orchard.
• Responsible for training and overseeing the work of WWOOFer assistants as related to livestock/pastures.
• Support the farm's needs outside of all core responsibilities, including, but not limited to, irrigation work, supporting the needs of the orchards, building structures, installing and repairing fencing, tractor operation, running errands and addressing reasonable requests by Farm Management.
Requirements:
• Ability to maintain clear communication with others
• Detail oriented
• ORGANIZED
• Sincere passion for livestock/animals and the land/animals/ecosystem (especially soil!)
• PREFERRED 6 months to a year farm experience with livestock
• PREFERRED 6 months or more farm experience
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED with Holistic Animal Husbandry
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED 6 months or more farm experience with Organic Animal Husbandry
• PREFERRED BUT NOT REQUIRED Animal Welfare Certification
• PREFERRED experience with tractor
• Comfortable with MS Office - Word and Excel
• Must live within 30 minutes of the Farm*
*Potential opportunity to live on the farm may be available with additional responsibilities.
Compensation:
*This position has a pay range of $13.50 to $18.00 per hour depending on experience. Apricot Lane Farms offers comprehensive benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as vacation pay and 401k. Compensation this position is Application instructions
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