Dairy Farm Assistant Whataroa 3214HO

We have a job available for two dairy farm assistants who will ideally have 6+ months’ dairy farm experience. This is for a 1150 cow farm in the Whataroa area, which is 105km from the nearest service centre Hokitika and 150 km from Greymouth, milking through a 70 Bail Rotary shed with ACR. One position is available for a May start, while the other is set for September.

You’ll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:

• Milking twice a day
• shifting cows and feeding
• fencing, weed control
• calving, calf rearing
• shed cleaning and setup
• identifying and alerting managers to sick cows
• Setting fences
• and other general farm duties.

Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 55. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, should you work beyond the agreed maximum hours in a fortnightly pay period.

The schedule may vary; Roster will be 8 days on, 3 days off rest of the year.

Wage is $27-$30 per hour subject to experience.

Candidates will ideally have previous dairy farming experience and are required to provide good related references.

To be considered you must:

• provide a CV which is current, correct and complete or alternative evidence of work (this is proof of

work and professionalism and the employer will not consider you without this)

• be a solid worker and with good character (where possible, we will do a criminal check)
• be physically fit
• be able to pass a pre-employment drug test
• have at least a restricted driver license

Fair warning – if you’re not willing to get up early, work hard, work & communicate well with others, you won’t want this job (or last in it).

To apply:

Email: recruitment@frenz.co.nz or register on FRENZ website