APPLICANTS MUST BE CURRENTLY LIVING IN NZ (and have a current visa if not a NZ citizen/resident) & HAVE A MINIMUM OF 1 SEASON'S EXPERIENCE Please DO NOT apply if you cannot meet these requirements.
Te Hou Farms are an award-winning farm, looking for an enthusiastic but humble assistant calf rearer who is flexible and able to help from Mid-July through to at least the start of October. You would be assisting our fantastically experienced head calf rearer with daily tasks.
We pride ourselves on rearing healthy calves safely, and rear 1200 calves (dairy heifer replacements and beef calves) at a fully refurbished site with great facilities and brilliant equipment. These include drive through pen access, newborn heatlamps, lightweight Milkbar gate feeders, Stallion mixer-feeder wagons, and a custom designed 1000L combination milk-colostrum pod-all new in the last couple of seasons. The job will include feeding the younger mobs inside, and calves outside in mobs of approximately 60 with a ute/side-by-side and 80 teat milk mixer-feeder so a driver's license is essential. The ability to lift sacks of milk powder and calf pellets is also required. Teaching and guidance will be given initially, but a minimum of one season's experience and an honest confidence in your abilities is required as this is not a role that is supervised continually for the entire season.
Hours will start off at around 30hrs per week initially, then build up to 40-45hrs per week in the peak, then reducing slowly again during weaning. This work also could turn into relief milking or drystock work if wanted.
This is a great opportunity to break through into a large-scale, award-winning set up and the possibility to continue on as a permanent employee will be offered at the end of the season should you be a great fit for our team!