Wrangler Positions

This position is always either hired from the current staff or is shared on rotation  by the current wrangler staff. This is a decision made by the Barn Manager and the current wrangler staff.

The Head Wrangler is responsible for managing all day-to-day guest time on horseback. This means getting to know each guest individually, catering to specific needs and requests each week, and organizing daily rides and wrangler duties. This person will work with the Barn Manager to ensure guest delight, wrangler performance, and horse health & safety. Please read the below duties & abilities to see if you’d be a good fit.

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Head Wrangler

Reports to: Barn Manager/General Manager (Dan)
*meaning you will report to Barn Manager on an hour-to-hour basis with Dan being your ultimate supervisor.

DUTIES:

• Managing Guest’s Riding Time
  • Meeting guests each Sunday and assisting Wranglers in greeting/getting waivers/teaching initial ground manners lesson each Sunday afternoon
  • Assigning each guest a horse based on waiver questionnaire
  • Organizing rides in groups and assigning each wrangler a group and a destination
  • Ensuring all guests desires on horseback are met during the week
• Managing Barn Staff (with help of Barn Manager)
  • Ensuring all Wranglers are meeting ranch standards of ride safety and hospitality
  • Ensuring all Wranglers are being A+ storytellers and entertainers
  • Ensuring all Wranglers are maintaining high standard of horse health & safety
  • Assist Children’s Wrangler with kids program
• Record Keeping
  • Maintaining immaculate records of Rider Logs (under BM’s supervision)
  • Update master barn log with horses that were ridden each day
  • Report each horse’s behavioral anomalies to BM

ABILITIES:

• Lifelong equestrian preferred
• Wrangling experience preferred (2+ years)
• Management Experience or educational equivalent/leadership qualities
• High standard of animal welfare
• Hospitality experience/customer service mindset
• Organizational capabilities
• Ability to take direction
• Honesty and open communication skills
• Self-starter
• Ability to drive a tractor
• Basic knowledge of horse health and first-aid
• Outgoing and friendly personality necessary
• Current CPR certification

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Think you’d be the perfect Head Wrangler? Please review our employment expectations before submitting an application. We will be in touch shortly.

The Children’s Wrangler is one of the most important positions on the ranch. As the Children’s Wrangler, you will be directly responsible for the delicate balancing act between fun and safety for all the young people who visit us. Along with the duties of the Plain ol’ Fashioned Wrangler, you will display the additional duties and abilities described below.

Duties:

• Constructing and maintaining a complete children’s program for pre-schoolers through young teens (5 to 15 years old) based on introduction and acquisition of skills including:
  • fishing, riding, archery, astronomy, baking/cooking, Native American lore, first aide, orienteering, and leather work.
• Act as an adviser to those children who are working on Boy and Girl Scout merit badges.
• Spearhead the Tuesday night cookout, Saturday family arena games, and all other children-specific activities.
• Shares all other wrangler duties listed in the “Wrangler” Job Description including:
  • feeding on a rotating basis
  • pulling, tacking, brushing picking feet; etc.
  • assisting in busing tables and washing dishes, etc.
  • However the unique responsibilities of dealing with children makes the Children’s Wrangler’s “fair portion” of chores much less than that of the adult wranglers.
  • This position is not appropriate for those who are not strong “team players.”

Abilities:

• Extensive child care and teaching/leading experience
• Professional teaching and scouting experience strongly preferred
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record (may take children off-site in company vehicle occasionally)
• Moderate horseback riding and equine knowledge
  • Extensive horse knowledge and skills is preferred, as this allows the employee to also assist with wrangling duties
• Endless enthusiasm and energy
• CPR certified
• Outgoing and friendly personality
• Self-starter
• Customer service minded
• Ability to take direction
• Ability to work as a team
• Honesty and open communication skills – especially with the children and their parents
• Flexibility to accomplish a wide variety of tasks within a day
• Must be able to perform all of the duties listed in high altitude environment

Think you’d make the perfect Children’s Wrangler? Please review our employment expectations before submitting an application. We will be in touch shortly. Thanks!