Dairy Farm Assistant
2 days ago
We are seeking aDairy Farm Assistant to join our team in Putaruru. The farm is 96 hectares,milking 420 cows, 36 aside shed. This is an entry-level role with an opportunity for growth.
This is a full-time and permanent position, working between 30 and 40 hours/week, with additional hours required during calving.
Duties for this role include but are not limited to the following:
- Carries out milk harvesting tasks as directed and is developing correct skills to milk efficiently and safely.
- Helps set up dairy prior to milking and on time
- Assists with cleaning and maintain the milking plant and farm dairy equipment and reports any faults to senior staff.
- Assists with moving and handling animals safely and observes and reports on wellbeing of all stock.
- Animal health
- Shifting cows, feeding out
- Cleans yard, plant and other dairy equipment well, according to procedures
- Assists with weed control and is learning about animal health issues associated with crops.
- General farm duties
Essential skills & conditions for this role include:
- Be honest, reliable and hard working
- Prepared to work weekends, public holidays and long hours as required
- Be committed to developing a career in dairy farming and new skills
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Be confident to undertake milking and other farm duties alone
- Have experience operating a motorbike or ATV, tractor and feed out wagon
- Have a current drivers license
- AGITO Training will be provided
- Drug free and willing to undergo preliminary drug test if requested
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