Herd Manager (Ashburton) 3199Gp

We have a job for an experienced farm worker (at least 12 months) for a Herd Manager position on a farm in the Ashburton area. This is for a 1200 cow farm, milking through a 60 Bail Rotary shed.
You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:
Milking and monitoring milk quality
Stock handling and feeding (feed management)
Fencing and weed control
Calving and calf rearing
Shed maintenance & preparation
Tractor operation for feeding out, baling, mowing, and silage
Monitoring, recording, and maintaining animal health
Other general farm duties
Weekly hours are a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 45. 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, you will be paid the agreed overtime hourly rate of $29.66 for any hours beyond the maximum hours.
The schedule may vary; Roster will be 6 days on, 2 days off rest of the year.
Salary is up to $69,405 per annum subject to experience.
Candidates must 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 with good character (where possible, we will do a criminal check)
Be physically fit
Be able to pass a pre-employment drug test
Have a full driver licence as you'll be driving a tractor across
Fair warning - if you're not willing to get up early, work hard, and communicate well with others, you won't want this job (or last in it).

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