dairy farm labourer

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Staff accommodation provided
• Room and board provided
• Rural area
• Dairy

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Perform general farm duties
• Maintain quality control and production records
• Provide agricultural livestock services such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
• Assist in the development and implementation of farm safety and bio-security procedures
• Ensure farm safety and bio-security procedures are followed

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Hand-eye co-ordination
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

• Safety equipment/gear
• Gloves

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Organized
• Team player

Benefits

Other benefits

• On-site housing options