Springdale Farm is ready to welcome our animal friends back to the farm. We are preparing to get back to being the premier agricultural and educational venue for all members of the community to gather at and enjoy. We have opportiunities to join the team on a full time or part time basis as a farmhand. The Animal Farmhand provides care to the animals at Springdale Farm.
Part time hourly rate – $13.50-$14.50
Full time hourly rate – $13.95-$15.39
Responsibilities
- Animal care; includes feeding, cleaning pens, pitching manure, stall care.
- Work with the veterinarian as needed.
- Trim hooves and provide animals medicine to deworm the animals every three months.
- Engage in positive interactions with people who visit the farm.
- Conduct tours of the Dairy barn with Farm guests.
- Complete a variety of maintenance tasks which may include lawn and garden care, cleaning dairy barn, rest rooms, shoveling and snow blowing.
- Operate tractor to complete farming tasks, which includes spreading manure.
- Money handling as needed
Qualifications
- Experience with animal caretaking and general farm work
- Physically able to lift 50 pounds with no assistance