Farm Assistant

Permanent - Full Time Farm Assistant

Job Description

Milking 920 cows through a 70 bale rotary dairy shed in Culverden, North Canterbury. Dairy has PROTRACK and Cup removers as well as inshed feeding. A variety of tasks are in this role: learning pasture\feed management, setting up breaks, milking cows to a hygienic and healthy level, including somatic cell count, identifying calving cows, calf rearing, working on animal health issues, washing the plant, feeding out, shifting irrigation, ensuring health records are kept up to date, plus other farm tasks that arise from time to time. We aim to work as a team and everyone getting to know all aspects of the farm. While there are a variety of tasks in the role, the primary role of this position is to milk cows. Please understand this when applying. Experience is preferred but training will be provided. We run a 6 On 2 Off rostrer through calving and then 5-2 for the rest of the season *********ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE IN NZ AND ELIGIBLE TO WORK ********

Farm Size (ha)

260

Peak Herd Size (cows)

915

Typical On-farm Staff

5

Position Start Date

17/07/2023

Accommodation available

Negotiable

Hour Type

negotiable

Average Hours Per week

45

Roster

Single rotation - 5 Days on / 2 days Off

Remuneration paid by

By Negotiation