Equine yard manager jobs in Finland
Equine yard managers are responsible for the day to day running of the yard including managing staff, care of the horses, all aspects of health and safety and dealing with clients and owners.
Equine yard manager – how much is the pay in Finland?
What the trade paid in 2024
| Median | 16.07 €/h |
|---|---|
| Bottom tenth | 10.59 €/h |
| Top tenth | 21.11 €/h |
| Employees | 5,523 |
Pay by sex, 2024
| Sex | Median | Employees |
|---|---|---|
| Women | 15.73 €/h | 2,766 |
| Men | 16.38 €/h | 2,757 |
Equine yard manager - Which skills are essential?
Control the spread of disease and parasites in herds, by using vaccination and medication, and by separating sick animals.
Different elements and phases of project management.
Recruit and manage staff. This includes defining the job needs of the organisation, defining the criteria and process for recruitment. Develop the competences of the staff according current and future needs of the company and individuals. Ensure health and safety of the staff, including the implementation of all relevant health and safety procedures and relatations with regular follow-up procedures.
Maintain farm facilities such as fences, water supplies, and outdoor buildings.
Organise and classify records of prepared reports and correspondence related to the performed work and progress records of tasks.
The legal boundaries, codes of professional conduct, national and EU regulatory frameworks and legal procedures of working with animals and living organisms, ensuring their welfare and health.
Understand business principles behind agricultural production and the marketing of its products.
Ensure that hygiene procedures in agricultural settings are followed, taking into account the regulations of specific areas of action e.q. livestock, plants, local farm products, etc.
Breed and raise livestock such as cattle, poultry, and honeybees. Use recognised breeding practices to strive for continuous improvement in the livestock.
Tissues, cells, and functions of plant and animal organisms and their interdependencies and interactions with each other and the environment.
Livestock species and relevant genetics.
Manage production programmes, birth plans, sales, feed purchase orders, materials, equipment, housing, location and stock management. Manage the destruction of relevant animals in humane manner and in accordance with national legislation. Follow businesses requirements and integration into qualitative research and knowledge transfer.
Perform tasks individually in livestock and animal production services by taking decisions without help. Handle tasks and tackle with issues or problems without any outside assistance.
The customer-oriented management approach and basic principles of successful customer relations that focus on interactions with customers such as technical support, customer services, after-sales support and direct communication with the customer.
Tag, sort and separate animals by purpose and destination taking into account the condition of the animal and relevant legislation
Be aware of the general principles of the concept of bio-security and in particular, the disease prevention rules to be implemented in case of epidemics endangering public health.
Equine yard manager - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Operate motorised agricultural equipment including tractors, balers, sprayers, ploughs, mowers, combines, earthmoving equipment, trucks, and irrigation equipment.
Understand natural and artificial reproduction techniques, gestation periods and birthing for livestock. Understand the humane destruction of relevant animals in accordance with national legislation.
Harness, dress and train horses as per the instructions provided. Take into account the age and breed of the horse and the preparation purposes.
Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.
Principles and techiques of educating young horses important simple body control exercises.
Trim and dress horse hooves using the appropriate tools and methods. Comply with the agreed footcare plan.
Organise and instruct staff, plan production strategies and programmes including sales. Carry out input purchase orders, materials, equipment and manage stocks etc. Awareness of demands of the businesses customers and adjustments accordingly to plans and strategies. Estimate resources and control budget of enterprise applying business economics, production development and project management principles.
Safe horseback riding and training principles.
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases for horses.
Provide care for horses includes cleaning, housing, preparing horses and ponies for riding, fixating and leading horeses, taking into account the safety regulations for horeses and people, specific requirements of horse at hand; using proper methods and equine tools and equipment.
Types of transportation vehicles for horses and their safe methods of using.
Work sections of metal to produce farriery tools and horseshoes to required specifications.
The behaviour and specificities of different horse species.
Make immediate operating decisions as necessary without reference to others, taking into account the circumstances and any relevant procedures and legislation. Determine alone which option is the best for a particular situation.
Attach the horseshoe safely, securely and in the correct position according to plan. Take all relevant information into account. Finish the hoof according to the specification, trot up the horse to confirm its soundness. Evaluate finished job and welfare of the horse.
Principles of estimating and planning of forecasts for business activity, compile regular budget and reports.
Arrange an agreement on price of products or services provided or offered.
Perform customer adapted presentations of the farm organization and farm processes taking under consideration the farm sustainability and local environment.
Executes the purchase of stallions and other bloodstock according to the yeard type and needs.
Clean stalls to remove all soiled bedding to prevent moisture and fumes from building up and to cut down on potential parasite problems.
Calculate different kinds of on-site requirements in the agricultural, fishery and forestry sector by taking care of marketing and budgets.
Discuss and agree on a husbandry plan (written or verbal), which may contain information on workload, environmental conditions, devices and non-prescription topical applications being used.
Ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation.
Inspect the horse's leg, foot and hoof while they are stationary as well as in motion to check for irregularities, interference, peculiarities in gait (how the horse walks) or abnormalities in size and shape of hooves and wear of shoes in discussion with the owner and given purpose and use of horse.
Assist in animal births, and care for newborn livestock.
Aspects of agritourism involving agriculturally based activities to bring visitors to a farm.
Socialise young horses (cleaning, collaring, bridling, raising feet, etc.), taking into account the safety and welfare of the horse and teacher.
Analyse animal locomotion either by eye or using instrumentation for measuring body movements, body mechanics, and muscle activity.
Plan, arrange and manage different events such as races, auctions, horse shows etc, according to yard type, resources and the purpose of the event.