Parkinson Sharefarming Pty Ltd is a family- owned dairy farming business based at Kirkstall and Ballangeich in South West Victoria. Two positions are available for Dairy Cattle Farmers and one position is available for a Dairy Cattle Farm Operator.
Tasks for the Dairy Cattle Farm Operator include:
- Daily milking routines- Operate milking plant and equipment, monitor cows' health and wellbeing, yarding of cows using ATVs, set up and shut down routines;
- Identify and report equipment not operating normally;
- Read and record instrument information i.e. Milk vat temperatures and cow numbers;
- Understand the principles of safe working.
- Operate and basic maintenance of farm machinery;
- Know general scientific terminology and assist with general farming duties and animal husbandry tasks;
- Operate standard measuring equipment;
- Operate computerised systems using menu options;
- Feed Calves and assist with cows calving;
- Contribute to the team in a specific role, at times assisting other team members and at times work without supervision.
- Salary: $73,000-$75,000 pa + super;
- Accommodation may be available;
- Applicants with less than one year of recent dairy farming experience need not apply.
Tasks for the Dairy Cattle Farmer/2IC include all of the above, and:
- Report directly to the farm manager;
- Supervise and train other staff members within the manager’s guidelines;
- Take over the farm manager’s duties on their days away;
- Ability to understand and connect the farm’s operations as a whole, and within the wider dairy industry;
- Within guidelines, take corrective action where plant and equipment are not operating as usual;
- Ability to identify and treat most cow’s health issues, or call and assist vets as necessary;
- Pasture and fodder management;
- Farm infrastructure maintenance and planning- plant and equipment, machinery, water and fences;
- Operate, maintain and evaluate computerised systems and records, and take corrective action within the manager’s guidelines; and
- Assist the manager in identifying issues and creating solutions with regards to day-to-day farm management.
- Salary: $100,000-110,000 pa + super and accommodation may be available;
- Applicants with less than 5 years of recent dairy farming experience need not apply.
All applicants must have current work rights in Australia.
Salaries depend on qualifications and experience. Please forward resumes to [email protected]
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $73,000.00 – $110,000.00 per year
Experience:
- Dairy Farming: 1 year (Required)
Licence/Certification:
- driver's licence (Required)
Work Authorisation:
