Graham Ranch Care Taker-Part Time

Overview

The Ranch Caretaker is the primary caretaker and laborer on the college’s 120 acre livestock and farm operation at the Odessa College Rodeo Ranch – the Graham Center in Gardendale, TX.

• Assist and ensure that the Graham Center is clean, habitable, pleasing and safe. Responsible for continuous upkeep, upgrades and maintenance of the Odessa College Rodeo Ranch – Graham Center, ensuring and sustaining the high standards of Odessa College, the ranch and the rodeo team.
• Maintenance and upkeep of ranch buildings, barns, fences, and equipment – painting, janitorial
• Maintenance and upkeep of pastures, paddocks, pens, and other outdoor areas
• Raking, cleaning, irrigation, irrigation equipment maintenance, and tree cutting
• Maintenance of Graham Center vehicles and equipment with assistance from the college motor pool
• Maintenance of arena grounds for practices, jackpots, and schools
• Disking, watering, and dragging for daily practices
• Preparation of fields for spring and fall planting, plant pastures, and fertilize
• Cut and bale all of the hay on the Graham Center on a schedule agreed upon with the ranch manager
• Transport hay from fields to barn after cutting and bailing
• Observe livestock for illness or injury and report any abnormalities to Physical Plant and/or veterinarian
• Supervise and conduct feeding of all livestock
• Must be available for feeding duties when the rodeo team is out of town for NIRA competitions
• Maintenance of livestock watering equipment in good working order and ensure that all livestock are provided with water at all times
• Other duties as assigned

• Valid drivers license
• Knowledge of livestock and farming practices, operation of power tools and machinery
• Self starter

Odessa College
201 W. University Blvd.
Odessa, Tx 79764