Dairy Farm Assistant (Mataki) 3285AF

We have a job for a Dairy Farm Assistant on a 1100 cow farm in the Mataki area, milking through a 60 Bail Rotary 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 50. 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; Roster will be 6 days on, 2 days off for the rest of the year.

Salary ranges from $63,000 - 70,000 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).