New Zealand Farm Source Jobs – Edgecumbe, North Island
We're looking for a Spring Superstar on our 280 cow farm near Edgecumbe. We're farm owners & you'll be joining us & our 2IC. We are not accredited employers.
If you're a team player who's totally reliable, full of enthusiasm and have a genuine love of cows, read on! You'll be able to take on responsibility, use your initiative and take pride in your top notch animal husbandry skills and best practice milk harvesting.
This is a full time position from 15 July until the end of October. You'll be completing a full range of farm duties on our home farm and run off. For the remainder of the milking season, the role will be part time, approximately 25 hours per week. We're flexible around how this may work and how rostered days off would be factored in. Maybe you'd prefer a milk harvester role only, or maybe you'd rather work 3 full time days a week. Additional hours will be available to cover leave and seasonal jobs.
Minimum Requirements:
Several years full time dairy farm experience is essential.
Calf rearing experience would be an advantage.
A full license and your own reliable vehicle are a must.
Please apply online, attaching your CV with at least 2 contactable referees. Pre-employment and ongoing random drug testing are part of our Health & Safety Policy.
This is a drive-in position. No on-farm accommodation is available. A fully equipped, warm staffroom is available.
We're a flat, stem 3 farm with a 35ashb shed (in shed feeding), located 2km west of Edgecumbe. Our runoff's 8km away. It's used for making supplements and winter grazing. Calves are grazed on farm while heifers are at a graziers. We're all AI mating over the cows, no bulls. We do 2 rounds of AI on our heifers.
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