Herd Manager

We are looking for a Herd Managers for 700 cows farm between Clinton and Balclutha.

Cows are milked through 50 bail rotary shed. As a Herd manager you are working alongside contract milker to perform the following everyday duties:-

• Carries out milk harvesting tasks safely, efficiently, and correctly, and assists in training new employees on correct techniques.
• Assists with solving milk quality problems.
• Helps farm assistants to understand factors that affect milk quality, hygienic milking, and mastitis control procedures.
• Cleans and maintains the milking plant and farm dairy equipment and carries out hygiene inspections as per instructed in on farm policy manual.
• Animals: Diagnoses common ailments and treats accordingly. Competent in all aspects of calving and reproduction.
• Records and maintains all herd health treatments and events according to on-farm policy or dairy company policy, as per advised by contract milker.
• Observes, records and reports on cows preparing to calve, and calves’ cows in line with farm policy.
• Feed: Implements best practice for pasture, crop and supplement management for optimal quality and utilisation.
• Understands how the farms dairy effluent systems operate and how effluent affects the on-farm environment. 
• Is learning how to use agrichemicals and fertilisers, safely and correctly.
• Trains junior employees in simple skills. Developing communication and reporting skills.
• Safely erects and maintains both permanent and non-permanent electric and non-electric fences, as directed.
• Sets up, operates, and maintains the irrigation system according to workplace procedures.
• Operates farm vehicles and machinery in accordance with safety and regulatory obligations and knows strategies to avoid hazards and biosecurity risks.
• Knows how to maintain good health on-farm, understands health and safety compliance requirements.
• Undertake other duties as required
• Minimum of full 2 seasons experience.

Send CV with two dairy farming related references.