10/30/2026
🐴🔨 NOW HIRING — BARN HAND / FARM MAINTENANCE 🔨🐴
📍 Ligonier, PA | Southern Tier Alternative Therapies (STAT®) is a FANTASTIC TEAM OF HUMANS AND HORSES😻
Love horses?
Enjoy working outdoors?
Handy with tools?
We have the perfect opportunity for you!
STAT® is looking for a
dependable,
hardworking individual to join our team, help care for our horses, and maintain our beautiful farm and facilities.
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and have UTD clearances.
🐴 BARN & HORSE CARE
Starting Hourly Pay: $14–$16/hour, depending on experience. You will have 3 hours M-Sat mornings for chores. We have 5 minus, 7 horses and 2 brand new young mustangs and will potentially have 2 boarders over the winter.
Personal Qualities & Requirements:
* Good communication skills
* A positive attitude
* Team player who works well with staff and volunteers
* Reliable, responsible
* Motivated & Comfortable working independently
* Takes direction well
* Genuine compassion for animals and attention to their well-being
Required clearances: FBI Criminal History, PA State Police Criminal History, and PA Child Abuse History
Responsibilities:
* Feeding, watering, turnout, and daily horse care and oversight
* Cleaning stalls, paddocks, pastures, and barn areas
* General farm maintenance, including mowing, brush hogging, raking, sweeping, and property upkeep
* Monitoring horses’ health, behavior, safety, and overall well-being
* Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe environment for horses, staff, volunteers, and visitors
🔨 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING WORK
Pay: $20/hour for qualified individuals
If you have construction, carpentry, or handyman experience? That’s a BIG PLUS!
We have plenty of projects and improvements around the property, including:
* Fence installation, maintenance, and repairs
* Small building and construction projects, including painting
* General property improvements
* Carpentry, repairs, and facility maintenance
💰 PAY & ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
* Barn & Horse Care: $14–$16/hour to start, with opportunities for increases based on performance, reliability, and experience
* Construction & Building Work: $20/hour for qualified individuals
* Adaptive Riding Program: Earn an additional $10 per 30-minute session assisting with adaptive riding activities (equivalent to $20/hour)
* Additional hours and projects may be available for individuals with multiple skills
❤️ WHY WORK WITH STAT®?
Southern Tier Alternative Therapies (STAT®) is a nonprofit organization providing trauma-informed, equine-assisted services to Veterans, individuals with disabilities, at-risk youth, and others in our community.
Our horses are at the HEART of everything we do, and the people who care for them play an essential role in our mission.
We’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work, values teamwork, genuinely loves horses and humans, and wants to make a difference.
Come be part of something meaningful while doing work you love! 🐴❤️
📩 INTERESTED? Send us a private message or email me at [email protected] with your horse experience, relevant skills, availability, and contact information.
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