Dairy Farm Worker

We have 2 neighboring dairy farms with 900 and 300 cows in Rongahere/Clydevale. We are looking for an additional worker to join our team for a minimum of 2 months. Start date around the 22nd October.

We have 3 other full time staff plus ourselves on farm. We are looking for someone who already has some experience/knowledge working around large animals or machinery. Ideally you will know how to ride a 2 wheeler motorbike confidently already as you will be required to bring cows to the milking shed in the dark on some rolling country.

Farm details: 
900 cows through a 60bale rotary shed with in shed feeding, automatic drafting on 350hectares
300 cows through a 36 bale rotary shed with in shed feeding, automatic drafting, Cow Manager monitoring on 120hectares.
 

The jobs will include: milking, bringing animals to the yards, setting up fences, cleaning of facilities and gear, spraying weeds, tractor work if already experienced operating machinery and all general farm tasks. 

Roster 7 on, 2 off, 7 on, 2 off, 7 on, 3 off. We have a couple non shared housing options available for accommodation.
 

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