Dairy Farm Assistant (Clandeboye) 3272MF

We have a job for a dairy farm assistant on a 600 cow farm in the Clandeboye area, milking through a 40 Aside Herringbone shed. Experience is preferred but not required for this role.

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 40. 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 at the agreed overtime rate for each additional hour worked.

The schedule may vary but generally work hours are between 5:30am and go through 5:30pm with meal and rest breaks; Roster will be 6 days on, 2 days off for the rest of the year.

Salary is between $65,000 - $75,000 per annum subject to experience.

Candidates are required to provide good related references. 

To be considered you must:

- provide a CV which is current, correct and complete or alternative evidence of work (this is proof of work and professionalism and the employer will not consider you without this)

- be a solid worker and with good character (where possible, we will do a criminal check)

- be physically fit

- be able to pass a pre-employment drug test  

Summary - if you're committed to getting up early, working hard, treating the animals with care and respect and communicating well with others, you will want this job (or last in it).