dairy farm worker

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Odours
• Dusty

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area
• Dairy

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Calving
• Handling animals
• Monitoring animal health
• Stone and/or wood picking
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Tractor

Automated systems experience

• Milking system (automated)

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Judgement
• Organized
• Team player
• Reliability
• Quick learner