2026 May-October Seasonal Wrangler; Must have prior horsemanship experience

Custer State Park Resorts • Custer, SD

9d

About The Position

Serves patrons of Blue Bell Stables; enhances their enjoyment of trail rides by performing the following duties:

Requirements

• Must have prior horsemanship experience
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instructions.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, walking, repetitive motions, listening and hearing abilities and visual acuity.
• Talking and hearing occurs continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other associates.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
• Required to use hands, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The associate must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Must be physically fit, porportional height and weight of 230 pounds or less.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent guest service.
• Is thoroughly familiar with all lodges and activities in CSP.
• Is thoroughly familiar with trails used and surrounding area.
• Has a strong working knowledge of horse handling.
• Feeds, water and cares for horses as needed or assigned.
• Ensures all equipment is in proper working condition.
• Saddles and unsaddles horses.
• Assists guests in mounting and dismounting and adjusts equipment to accommodate each guest.
• Keeps yard area clean at all times.
• Keeps grassy areas at stables mowed.
• Keeps tack room clean and uncluttered.
• Willing to becoming certified in CPR and basic first aid through company-supplied course.
• Has a commitment to guest safety.
• May be assigned other duties, sometimes in other departments, as the need arises to support fellow staff members in achieving company mission.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED