Dairy Farm Assistant

2 days ago


New Zealand JR Dairies Ltd Full time

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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