Dairy Farm Assistant (Georgetown) 3484AW

We have a Dairy Farm Assistant position available on an 800-cow farm in the Georgetown area, approximately 25 minutes from Oamaru. The farm operates a 54 Bail Rotary milking shed. Experience is preferred but not required for this role.

You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:

- Milking twice a day

- shifting cows and feeding

- fencing, weed control

- calving, calf rearing

- shed cleaning and setup

- identifying and alerting managers to sick cows

- Setting fences

- and other general farm duties.

Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 50. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, any hours worked beyond the agreed maximum in a fortnightly pay period will be paid   at the agreed overtime rate.

The schedule may vary; Roster will be 6 days on, 1 day off during calving season and 6 days on, 2 days off for the remainder of the year.

Salary is $78,000 per annum.

Candidates 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
• 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 (or last in it).