General Dairy Farm Worker
Location of the Job:
East Midlands.
Salary & Benefits Package:
Basic salary of £35,000 per year depending on experience.
Holiday allowance.
3 bedroom refurbished house.
Every other weekend off - flexible working available by agreement.
Additional Information:
Permanent full-time position.
Every other weekend off - flexible working available by agreement.
About The Company and Position:
The Farm consists of 154ha, 380 acres.
Mainly new leys and some limited permanent pasture, periodically some wheat and maize is grown.
The main enterprise is Dairy. There are 2 block calving herds, 150 spring and 225 autumns, the farm rears its own replacements.
All beef calves are reared to 3 weeks before being sold.
There is a grazing focus and excellent new infrastructure to manage, house and feed the stock.
The infrastructure comprises 3-year-old cubicle housing/feeding, parlour, handling, tracks and paddocks and a series of other ancillary buildings. The autumn calvers are fed a mixed forage semi-complete ration.
Grass silage is made through a series of 3-4 cuts using a contractor and Maize is supplied from a neighbouring contract farmer.
Key Responsibilities:
You will…
As General Farm Worker you will be responsible for reporting to the owner, with responsibility for supporting the day to day running of the Farm:
Liaising with the Owner on a day-to-day basis and attending any regular meetings.
Day to day running of the business.
Working in liaison with Herd Manager & his Assistant.
Service and maintenance of machinery and highlighting mechanical or significant issues that may need further specialist intervention.
Responsible for building and infrastructure maintenance.
Winter Regular Tasks to include:
Scraping housing and yards, by tractor and scraper - solid passages to slurry channels, slurry is subsequently separated. Slurry is spread by umbilical contractors.
Feeding grass and maize with a supplementary concentrate/blend via a BVL twin auger mixer.
Cleaning and bedding down of cubicles with sawdust, via a ride on machine.
All aspects of calf rearing, milk powder, solid feeds and bedding etc.
Colostrum to new-born calves or liaising/setting protocols
Summer tasks to include:
Fertilising.
Mowing.
Tedding.
Fencing with height tensile single strand electric.
Good understanding of grazing management would be preferable to assist movement/management of sub-paddocks.
Occasional relief milking would be advantageous.
Ideal Person Skills & Qualifications:
You will have / be…
Farm work experience.
Skilled in operating and driving tractors and other farm machinery.
Dairy farm experience - milking and feeding cows.
Excellent communication skills.
Able to work well as part of a team.
How to apply: Please click on the apply now button.
The Industry (Key Words): General Farm Worker, Dairy Farm Worker, Farm Worker, Dairy Worker, Dairy Farm, Milker, Herdsperson, Herd Manager.
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