We’re on the lookout for a motivated Dairy Farm Assistant to join our client’s friendly team on a 700 and 450-cow farm. Experience is preferred but not required for this role.

The farm milks through a 46 Aside Herringbone shed and offer a wide variety of daily tasks to keep you learning and engaged, including:

• Milking twice a day
• shifting cows and feeding
• virtual fencing/Halter, 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, any hours worked beyond the agreed maximum in a fortnightly pay period will be paid at the agreed overtime rate.

The schedule may vary; Roster will be 5 days on, 2 days off or 10 days on, 4 days off.

Wage ranges from $26.00 – $28.00, depending on experience.

Candidates 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

If you’re committed to getting up early, working hard, treating the animals with care and respect and communicating well with others, you will want this job (or last in it).