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Versatile workers wanted on small horse property

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The experience

Join our family to support the running of our boutique horse property.

Project includes
- daily horse care & farm maintenance (gardening, chainsawing wood, picking up manure and sticks in paddocks,...), repairs (cleaning gutters, fixing fences...) , - as well as some help caring for our children (7 years and 3 years) and household duties (folding laundry, tidying up, occasional vacuuming).

Ideal for couples or a pair of friends.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate German

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Academy Course Eco Certificate for Volunteers: Basic Concepts

Academy Course How to become an outstanding Worldpacker

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are a young family running a boutique equestrian property.
We run a professional Dressage training barn and are in the process of setting up an Equine Assisted Counselling business.

Activities & Shift

Horses & Property
- AM: Feeding horses (incl rugging)
- During the day: Cleaning horse paddocks & waterers, Property work & gardening
- PM: Feeding horses (incl rugging)

Children & Housework
- AM: School drop off
- During the daytime: Care for our 3 year old son (9am-3pm Wednesdays-Fridays), Assist with house work
- PM: Occasional help preparing dinner (if your enjoy cooking and want to share some recipes from your home country)

Rules

Please don't contact us about jobs outside of the March-June timeframe for now, as we are not looking to fill any other vacancies apart from this one right now.