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The Summer Temporary Farmhand will work closely with the Director of Farm Enterprises, Assistant Farm Managers, and students to accomplish daily operations. Activitiess include, but are not limited to, feeding and care or pasture-based livestock, (cattle, pigs, and poultry), crop production tasks such as ground preparation, planting, cultivating, harvesting; hay harvest, transport, and feeding; and basic maintenance and repairs on equipment, fences, water lines, and facilities. 

• Assist with daily livestock feeding and rotational grazing
• Collaborate and cooperate with staff to complete time sensitive tasks such as feeding, harvesting, and working cattle
• Assist with basic repairs and maintenance on vehicles, tractors, fences, and water systems

Education required to ensure success in this position:

• Some high school

Experience required to ensure success in this position:

• Experience working outdoors
• Experience with livestock, row crops, hay, tractor operation, fencing, and basic maintenance

Special skills, knowledge, and abilities:

• Professional conduct that embodies Berea's Workplace Expectations
• Willingness to work with a diverse student body and college staff
• Ability to operate typical farm equipment including lawn mowers, trimmers, hand tools, tractors and farm implements
• Ability to work with large and small livestock including beef cattle, poultry, and swine

License, certification, or registration necessary:

• Valid Driver's License

Physical requirements:

• Ability to navigate campus/public buildings and grounds
• Ability to repeated lift 75 lbs. 
• Ability to work in hot or cold environments, both inside and outside
• Ability to engage in rigorous activity and extensive walking
• Ability to engage in a full range of visual observation, physical mobility, and motor skills needed to accomplish tasks

Environmental conditions:

• Farm conditions with exposure to fumes, dust, pollen, plants, animals, manure, insects, rain, ices, snow, heat, and humidity
• Walk in freezers and refrigerators

Ability to operate the following vehicles or equipment:

• Tractors with typical implements used for mowing, planting, materials transport, and harvesting
• Lawn mowers, hand and power tools, chainsaw, trimmers, etc. 
• Standard office equipment: computer, phone, timeclock
• Vans and trucks used to transport students and materials
• Feed mill and feed handling equipment

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.

 

Berea College is always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this applicant friendly, online job application! 
 

Berea College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.