FRESHA Dairies is a dairy cattle farm located in South Purrumbete Vic (10 mins from Cobden, 30 mins from Colac)
We are searching for an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our team. We run a 400 cow dairy farm calving twice a year There is a 25 aside herringbone with Auto feed system, Cup removers, We run a pasture based system in a high rainfall area joining to sexed semen, followed by bulls and rearing all the calves.
About the role: the Senior role assistant to the manager will work closely with the farm manager building a relationship of trust and autonomy to oversee and ensure smooth day to day operations on the farm. The key focus area is herd health and milk production so a passion for cows is essential.
Key responsibilities are:
Maintaining excellent animal health
- milk harvesting to optimise quality, efficiency and yield and supervises other staff to achieve this.
- identifying and fixing faults in milking plant as needed.
- Maintains hygiene and cleanliness around dairy.
- Manages and updates herd records
- Monitors, identifies and treats animal health problems.
- Understands fertility and animal husbandry
- Assists in implementing breeding programs, AI skills favourable.
- Safely uses and maintains vehicles on farm
- Feeding livestock using silage wagon and bale feeder.
- Understands pasture production
- Monitors pastureresiduals, feed intakes, stage of lactation and cow condition, and discusses with manager
- Implements a routine maintenance schedule of vehicles, plant, machinery and equipment
- Communicates clearly and openly.
- Fosters a team environment and supports staff to get their best performance
- Supports and trains junior employees in their development.
- All aspects of animal husbandry
Suitable applicants should have the following
- Minimum of 3 years experience in a farm hand role on a cattle farm
Full time position
paid by the PASTORAL AWARD
Salary $73,150 p.a - $77,000
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $73,150.00 – $77,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Overtime
- Public holidays
- Rotating roster
- Weekend availability
Work Location: In person
