Description

We are looking for someone with farming experience to join our family-owned sheep milking farm, located just 5 minutes from Te Awamutu in the North...

Responsibilities

• Milking sheep – Ensure the effective operation of all aspects of the milking process, including plant hygiene and somatic cell count, to maintain grade free standards
• Assist with weed and pest control to maintain pasture and crops
• Assist with the management and oversee the feeding of diets and pasture to ewes, including accurate break fencing and feeding out
• Assist in maintaining feed inventory and feed quality
• Safely handling animals, and reporting any health and welfare issues
• Administering animal health requirements such as vaccinations, drenching, foot trimming, crutching, bolusing
• Vehicle and equipment maintenance
• Manage the day to day working of the staff when the Farm Manager is away

Requirements

• A strong understanding of pasture management and feed budgeting skills
• Experience in dairy milking methods, milking processes and shed/plant hygiene standards
• Practical experience in fencing, weed spraying, effluent/irrigator use
• Feeding out
• Handling animals
• Knowledge in animal welfare, ideally experience with sheep
• Strong experience with farm machinery including motorbikes, tractors, feed out wagons or farm utility vehicles
• Excellent communication and management skills

Benefits

• The job comes with on-farm accommodation