Details

Business: Charles Ranch Equine
Email: equine@charlesranch.com
Phone: 250-457-7426
Address: Ashcroft, BC
Website: jobbank.gc.ca

Tags

Health Care

Description

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College/CEGEP
• or equivalent experience
• Horse husbandry/equine science and management
• Rehabilitation science

Experience

5 years or more

On site

 Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work setting

• Veterinary clinic
• Animal hospital
• Artificial insemination/embryo transplant centre

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Collect samples and perform other laboratory tests
• Handle, restrain and care for animals undergoing treatment and surgery
• Produce diagnostic radiographs
• Assist veterinarian before, during and after surgery
• Prepare and administer medications and vaccines under direction of veterinarian
• Administer treatments as prescribed by veterinarian
• Identify livestock
• May perform a variety of office management and clerical duties
• Perform routine animal dental procedures and assist veterinarians with animal dentistry
• Provide nursing care and rehabilitation therapy for animals
• Provide wound and bandage care
• Operate ultrasound imaging equipment to produce and record images
• Handling animals

Experience and specialization

Area of specialization

• Large animals

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Fast-paced environment
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Repetitive tasks
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Versatility

Benefits

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• On-site amenities
• On-site housing options
• Parking available

To Apply

By email

equine@charlesranch.com

By phone

250-457-7426 Between 08:00 a.m. and 04:00 p.m.

If applying by phone, by email:

What you must include in your application:

• Cover letter
• Answers to the following screening questions:
  • Do you have experience working in this field?

What might be required by the employer later in the hiring process:

• References attesting experience
• Highest level of education and name of institution where it was completed

• Salary $37,499 to $37,500 annually (To be negotiated) / 40 to 80 hours per week