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Horse Breeder

Employer

Paradise Valley Ranch

Date Posted

August 12, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Rocky View, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $30.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 80 to 100 hours bi-weekly
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Sep 14, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Paradise Valley Ranch

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tasks

  • Clear and collect brush and debris from fields, pens and other work areas
  • Cultivate on vertical farming system
  • Develop and guide the behaviour of farm animals
  • Direct farm grooming activities
  • Handling animals
  • Level earth to fine grade specifications
  • Manage feed inventory activities
  • Oversee the activities of clearing the fields
  • Oversee the preparation for horse exhibitions
  • Raise and breed livestock and poultry
  • Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
  • Manage overall operation of farm
  • Perform general farm duties

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Tractor
  • Truck

Security and safety

  • Bondable
  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check

Transportation/travel information

  • Drive manual transmission vehicle
  • Own vehicle
  • Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Fast-paced environment
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Large workload
  • Manual dexterity
  • Physically demanding
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Work under pressure

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Screening questions

  • Are you available for shift or on-call work?
  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Are you currently a student?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the equipment you need to work from home (like internet and a workspace)?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

  • Early morning
  • Evening

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

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Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Horse Breeder is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Farmers and Farm Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in supervising and hiring farm workers; and in determining amounts and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised, and in purchasing farm machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies

METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating information to plant, cultivate and harvest crops; and in raising and breeding livestock and poultry

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery, equipment and buildings

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