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Barn manager resume examples for 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a barn manager resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in barn manager-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some barn manager interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is an easy way to let recruiters know you have the skills to do the job. Just as importantly, it can help your resume not get filtered out by hiring software. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some barn manager interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a barn manager resume:

  • Clean Stalls
  • Horse Care
  • Pasture
  • IM
  • Medical Care
  • General Care
  • Farm Equipment
  • Mowing
  • Medical Treatment
  • Pigs
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Farm Animals
  • Water Buckets
  • Horse Training
  • Property Maintenance
  • Animal Care Procedures
  • Horse Farm
  • Horse Health
  • Emergency Care
  • Halter
  • Clipping
  • Customer Relations
  • Lesson Program
  • Horse Stalls
  • Summer Camps
  • Barn Maintenance
  • Animal Health

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write barn manager experience bullet points

Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.

  • Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
  • What were your responsibilities or goals?
  • How did you accomplish them?
  • Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )

Here are effective examples from barn manager resumes:

Work history example #1

Wrangler

Camp Systems International

  • Managed groups of 50+ dogs at a dog daycare Performed general facility maintenance

Work history example #2

Horse Trainer

PETCO Animal Supplies Stores

  • Provided Dog training from Puppy level through CGC certification.
  • Conducted the Canine Good Citizen Program Pilot nationally, including reporting to "corporate level procedures" as well as management.
  • Prepared students for Canine Good Citizen and AKC S.T.A.R.
  • Conducted adult and puppy training classes and supervised puppy socialization classes
  • Certified American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen and S.T.A.R.

Work history example #3

Barn Manager

Hunter Farms

  • Mucked stalls while tacking and bathing the horses for the continuous lessons throughout the day.

Work history example #4

Barn Hand

Magnolia

  • Managed daily feeding, turnouts, cleaning stalls, bathing/grooming, blanketing, and upkeep of facility.
  • Cleaned and maintained a large horse boarding facility.
  • Insured that the well head was secured tightly to the well to prevent H2S gas from leaking.
  • Maintained facility grounds and equipment.
  • Maintained communication related to case developments and discoveries determined through the investigation process.

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
  • If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
  • If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries for resumes:

High School Diploma

2010 - 2010

High School Diploma

2005 - 2005

Highlight your barn manager certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on barn manager resumes:

  1. Level - 4 Equine Facility Manager Certification (EFM)
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate

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