Dairy Farm Assistant

This Dairy Farm is located on the outskirts of Taupiri Township. You will be assisting with the milking of 500 cows on a 200 hectare farm in a Rotary Shed (28 bail). You duties will involve milking, assisting with identifying sickness in dairy cattle while milking-feeding out supplements to the cows with the tractor and trailer. Grazing and pasture management, by setting up electric temporary fences, taking them down, checking for power faults in electric fences-assisting with farm equipment maintenance-driving tractors and farm equipment-assisting with making silage-assisting with general farm work including repairing fences, spraying weeds, replacing fences insulators, gates handle-assisting with maintenance of the water supply system-shifting irrigation and irrigation system maintenance-cleaning the milking machine, maintaining the hygiene of the dairy shed-assisting with collecting the colostrum from the freshly calved cows and feeding it to the newly born calves-assisting with the operation of picking up new born calves from the paddock and bring them to the appropriate sheds-undertaking general farm duties, as required by the employer.

Must be able to pass a Drug test Must be able to pass a Police check. No criminal convictions Must have restricted drivers licence and own transport No pets and no vaping Ideally employer look for dairy farming experience around 4 months as a minimum. Must live on the farm 3 bedroom house available(rental to be discussed at interview)