Motivated ranch hand, came to Canada to ride western horses and work with livestock. Eager to learn new techniques and skills from other people.
- Riding the range on horses to check cattle herd
- Cattle drive
- Branding
- Calving
- Building and maintaining fences (barbwire, log, electric)
- Operating and tractor (haying, feeding bales...) and ATV
- Basic maintenance of equipment
- General ranch maintenance
- Daily management of a team of 9
- Horses' health care
- Organizing rides for guests
- Management of the herd (feed, farrier, vet…)
- In charge of ordering supplies
- Working independently while keeping owners informed
- Wrangler tasks as previous year
- Daily barn chores
- Brushing and tacking up horses
- Taking up to 8 guests on rides daily
- Daily feed of livestock
- Operating equipment (tractor, bobcat, pay loader, feed truck, trailers)
- Calving and lambing
- Identifying sick animals and treat them
- Performing daily ranch chores
- Fencing