Farm Assistant - 2IC
About this job
A local Farm in Waiiti need a Farm Assistant 2IC to join their team. This is a Full-time permanent position, with an immediate start after New Years.
In this role you will be working on a farm with 320 cows and 26 a side Herringbone shed with inshed feed and protrack. Your primary role is to look after the day-to-day running of the farm including: • Fencing and maintenance, irrigation, crop work • Calving and young stock work • Tractor work • Assisting the contract milker as required Initially the hours are from 5.15am to 5.30pm with a breakfast break and a 3 hour break mid-day.
The successful applicant will have a farming work history including some milking some experience and able to work unsupervised. To apply you must be drug free with a minimum restricted diver licence and your own transport. A police check is conducted, and convictions are on a case-by-case basis. There is accommodation available up the road for the right person and pets are allowed.
Your application must include an updated CV showing Farm work history with two work related references.
Job Requirements
• Must have minimum restricted driver licence with own transport • Convictions are on a case-by-case basis • Tractor and Motorbike skills • Must be drug free
- Days of work
- Initially the hours are from 5.15am to 5.30pm with a breakfast break and a 3 hour break mid-day. (40 hours per week)
- Pay Details
- Depending on experience
- Job Category
- Livestock Farm Workers
- Career Level
- Entry level (6 months - 2 years)
- Driver Licence
- Restricted, (Class 1) - Car Licence
- Pre-employment drug test required
- Yes
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To apply for this job please phone 0800 779 009 and quote Job ID 22675462
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