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Property Maintenance Assistant - Gables - # 167013

Riding for the Disabled Association- Tall Timbers

Advertised by The Centre for Volunteering
Logo for Riding for the Disabled Association- Tall Timbers

Essential Criteria:

  • Own transport or capacity to organise

  • Working with children check (Over 18’s)

  • Completed Volunteer form and undertaken volunteer induction

  • Check-in/sign in to centre upon arrival and departure EACH time the centre is attended

  • Use appropriate PPE when undertaking tasks in a rural environment required (Some provided)

Desirable Criteria:

  • Knowledge of use of power & gardening tools

  • Previous handyman type experience

  • Eye for detail, keeping things neat & tidy.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Ability to follow instructions and communicate new ideas where necessary

  • Be able to walk unaided on uneven ground.

  • Capacity to work at times unsupervised or in small groups.

Duties & Task Examples:

  • Mowing with ride-on lawnmower (Toro)

  • Mowing with a push mower and edging with a whipper snipper

  • Harrowing paddocks (spreading manure)

  • Repairing fences and shelter sheds

  • Spraying paddocks & removing weeds.

  • Stick picking in paddocks, forming bonfire piles

  • Maintaining clean driveway, clear gutters & horse yard area.

  • Put away any equipment used when undertaking tasks

  • Reporting any breakages or malfunctioning of equipment

  • Reporting to program coordinator when fuel levels are low or have run out.

Benefits: Come along and join our centre as a Volunteer to find enjoyment by working alongside our horses and participants. We work in a fun, rural outdoor setting located in the Hawkesbury District, NSW.