We are looking for an relief milker for a 750 cow farm located 10 minutes east of Ashburton.
This is a casual drive in position and experience in milking is required as it is a high producing herd, being milked through a 1 person shed.
The cows are being milked through a 54 bale rotary with acr and auto teatspray.
The roster will be covering the other staffs days off, and will be 4 days on, 6 days off, with the occasional 6 days on, 4 days off, the high producing herd takes around 4 hours to milk in the morning and around 3 hours in the afternoon. Starting times are 5am and 2.30pm.
Other duties will include general farm maintance such as fencing, cleaning and tidying.
Ashburton:
High input system, with cows going on a feed pad daily where they get fed with a mixer wagon.
54 Bale rotary, 2 center pivots, 1 rotorainer, Spring calving
Wellsford:
Split calving
36 aside herringbone with inshed feeding