2 farm assistant jobs found

📍 Wairuna, Clinton | 🗓️ Start Date: 1 October | Permanent Position Iona Dairy is looking for a reliable and motivated Farm Assistant to join our team on our 700-cow dairy farm, located in Wairuna, just outside of Clinton. This is a full-time, permanent position, although we are happy to consider alternative arrangements for the right applicant. About the Role As part of our team, you will work alongside the owner, farm manager, assistant manager, and calf rearers. Your day-to-day duties will include: Milking Monitoring and assisting with animal health Identifying and treating mastitis and lame cows Feeding out and giving breaks Assisting with mating and calving General farm duties as required What We're Looking For We're looking for someone who: Has previous milking experience Is confident identifying and treating mastitis and lame cows Takes pride in caring for animals, vehicles, and farm equipment Can work independently as well as...

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...