Brasstown Valley Resort & Spa offers a luxury mountain experience through exceptional lodging and dining, an 18-hole championship golf course, Equestrian stables, a full-service Spa, and activities for all ages. Brasstown is a place where families and groups of any size can make mountain memories year after year.

We are managed by the Southeast's premiere hospitality management company, Coral Hospitality.

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We are currently hiring Trail Guides!

Summary: This position not only conducts guided trail rides, but is primary in the maintenance of Stables, grounds and equipment. Must be available and willing to work weekends.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Ensures all gates are unlocked for trail rides.
• Ensures all horses are accounted for.
• Ensures barn and holding areas are clean.
• Ensures pony ring, trails and pasture are ready for rides.
• Mowing, weed eating, fencing and etc. around barn area, trail and fence areas.
• Ensures all water tanks are filled after the last ride and horses are returned to pasture.
• Pastures include: service pasture, general pasture, ring pasture, barn pasture, lookout pasture, peanut pasture, gypsy pasture, point pasture, office pasture, and gravity pasture.
• Maintains a safe attitude, conducts all job duties in a safe manner, and reports all work related accidents immediately.
• Maintains a positive attitude towards the Resort and the job being performed.
• Maintains a favorable working relationship with all other Resort associates to foster and promote a cooperative and harmonious working climate. Assists with all and any other departments, and their duties.
• Carries out all reasonable requests by management which the Associate is capable of performing.

Qualifications:

• Ability to care and feed horses.
• Ability to tack, western style.
• Ability to demonstrate good horsemanship.

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

We offer a positive working environment and flexible schedules. Free employee meals and other resort discounts!