Dairy Farm Assistant (Oamaru) 3485BW

We have a Dairy Farm Assistant position available on a 400 and 570-cow farm in the Waitaki Bridge area, approximately 15 minutes from Oamaru. The farms operates a 40 and 44 Aside Herringbone milking sheds. 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 35 and a maximum of 45. 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 but generally work hours are between 6am and go through 5pm with meal and rest breaks; Roster will be 8 days on, 2 days off for the rest of the year.

Salary ranges from $61,000 to $69,800 per annum, depending on experience.

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
• 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 (or last in it).