Campus Pride Jobs

This is a temporary position. Dates of employment are 3/15/2024 to 12/1/2024. To apply: click on "Apply now" and fax your resume/application to 610-280-1013. Be sure to reference the job posting number on your resume/application.  All resumes/applications are reviewed and only those that match the job specifications are forwarded to the employer for consideration.  *CLOSING DATE:    7/23/2024. *

Workers will care for horses to protect their health and appearance. Will water animals and measure mix and apportion feed and feed supplements according to the feeding instructions. These workers will wash, brush, trim, &/or curry to improve appearance. Workers will assist with maintenance of tools and equipment, farm maintenance and other work that is directly related to the activities for which the workers were hired. Verifiable experience required.

Basic job requirements are: lifting of 60 lbs, exposure to extreme temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, sitting or walking, frequent stooping and bending over, and repetitive movements.

Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, fork lifts, skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with farm building/field maintenance and repairs. Build/repair fences.

Instructions and general supervision will be provided by a designated lead worker or company supervisor. Exceptionally complex or non-routine activities will be closely supervised. Workers will be expected to perform basic horse management and handling duties in a timely and proficient manner without close supervision.

Workers perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks associated with horse farm activities. Tasks include but are not limited to the following activities:: identify and catch horses in fields, affix halters and lead ropes, lead into barn and tie securely. Competence in basic grooming practices including bathing, brushing, hoof care, clipping.

Clean stalls by removing soiled bedding and manure, replace with fresh bedding. Strip stalls and disinfect floors, walls and surrounding areas for broodmares. Sweep barn aisles, stall areas, ceilings to remove dirt, hay, cobwebs and other detritus. Maintain/clean and fill water troughs and buckets. Handle basic feeding activities including apportioning grain, hay and feed supplements according to instruction. Help maintain equipment and machinery, assist with mowing and weeding, work in fields, clean around barns. Hold horses for farriers and vets and administer routine intra-muscular injections. Assist in handling horses in preparation for sales. Workersmust demonstrate commonsense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures, i.e., no running in barns, shouting, abusing horses, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in and around barns, sheds and hay storage.

Workers will load trucks with bales of hay and sacks of grain and feed weighing up to and including 60 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet. Workers are expected to begin work early in the morning when fields may be wet with dew. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Work requires repetitive movements and extensivewalking. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, animal dandruff, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs.

In addition to the work outlined above, workers may be required to perform variable tasks such as the following: op ration of tractors, painting and repairing farm buildings and similar tasks of a general nature common to a horse operation.

Employer assures that workers will be provided transportation from living quarters to work site every day (for workers who must be provided housing under the applicable regulations).

In accordance with Departmental regulations at 20 CFR sec. 655.122(q) "The employer will provide to an H--2A worker no later than the time at which the worker applies for the visa, or to a worker in corresponding employment no later than on the day work commences, a copy of the work contract between the employer and the worker in a language understood by the worker as necessary or reasonable. For an H--2A worker going from an H--2A employer to a subsequent H--2A employer, the copy must be provided no later than the time an offer of employment is made by the subsequent H--2A employer. At a minimum, the work contract must contain all of the provisions required by this section. In the absence of a separate, written work contract entered into between the employer and the worker, the required terms of the job order and the certified Application for Temporary Employment Certification will be the work contract."

The rate per hour is $15.54