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We have a job available for two dairy farm assistants who will ideally have 6+ months’ dairy farm experience. This is for a 1150 cow farm in the Whataroa area, which is 105km from the nearest service centre Hokitika and 150 km from Greymouth, milking through a 70 Bail Rotary shed with ACR. One position is available for a May start, while the other is set for September. You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including: - Milking twice a day - shifting cows and feeding  - fencing, weed control - calving, calf rearing - shed cleaning and setup - identifying and alerting managers to sick cows - Setting fences - and other general farm duties. Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 55. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, should you work beyond the agreed maximum hours in a fortnightly pay period, you will be paid the agreed overtime hourly rate of...