We have a job for an experienced farm worker (2+ years) for a Herd Manager position on a farm in the Howard area. This is for a 640 cow farm, 1 hr and 20 minutes from Nelson, milking through an 50 Bail Rotary shed.
You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:
- Milking and monitoring milk quality,
- training junior staff,
- stock handling and feeding (feed mgt),
- fencing, weed control,
- calving, calf rearing,
- shed maintenance & preparation,
- tractor operation for feeding out, baling, mowing and silage
- monitoring, recording and maintaining animal health
- and other general farm duties.
Weekly hours are a minimum of 35 and a maximum of 45. 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 the agreed overtime hourly rate beyond the maximum hours.
Wage ranges from $29.70 - $33.43 per hour subject to experience.
Candidates must have previous dairy farming experience and 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
- have at least a restricted driver licence as you'll need to go between farm and runoff.
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 (and last in it).
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