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Stephen Jackson Farm Worker / Stephen Jackson in Versailles, Kentucky
Skill Level 1. Equine: Attend to horses. Duties to include, but not limited to: Delivery of new born foals. Administer vaccinations & medications. Treat and care for newborn & sick new born foals. Bandaging foals, yearlings & mares. Prepare weanlings & yearlings for sale. Prepare horses for sales. Clean and maintain animal housing area. Maintenance of pastures. Alternative Work: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, maintenance of tool, equipment, tractors, mowers, sprayers & other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing and the clearing and painting of fence/barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed above. General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. workers may be requested ten (10) hours per day depending on conditions in fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Downtime: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Workers may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew / rain and should have suitable clothing for conditions which include light rain and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 100 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment.