2 jobs found in Onewhero

Key Responsibilities Assist with milking cows according to the farm’s milking procedures and hygiene standards. Monitor the health, condition, and behaviour of cows and report any illness, injury, lameness, or unusual behaviour. Assist with feeding cows, calves, and other livestock. Support calf rearing, including feeding, cleaning pens, monitoring health, and moving calves when required. Clean and maintain the milking shed, yards, animal housing, feeding areas, and farm facilities. Assist with animal health procedures, including vaccinations, treatments, drafting, weighing, and record keeping, under supervision. Assist with mating, calving, drying-off, and other seasonal farm activities. Operate farm vehicles, machinery, and equipment safely, including tractors, quad bikes, side-by-side vehicles, and feeding equipment, where authorised. Check fences, gates, water troughs, irrigation systems, and farm infrastructure. Carry out general...

You MUST have significant experience operating large agricultural machinery.   DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE A FOREIGNER WITH NO EXPERIENCE  Must have a current NZ work visa or be able to meet the criteria to apply for a work visa The position is for a dairy farm machine operator.  Your role will mostly involve dairy farm tractor work, occasionally assisting with livestock handling and milking duties. Tractor-related  tasks include: Pasture spraying Fertiliser spreading Feeding out (mixer wagon) Cultivation - discs + power harrow Undersowing Track maintenance Pasture topping/mowing Silage bale handling  Digger work (prefered but not essential)  Key duties: Operating tractors and other farm machinery safely and efficiently. Carrying out feeding work, including transporting and distributing silage, hay, supplements and other feed. Assisting with pasture management, mowing, topping, cultivation, fertiliser spreading and other tractor-related...