Your new company
Working in the public sector on a fantastic farm. Working with Livestock on a daily basis and working within a great team ethic and place of work.
Your new role
The Beef & Sheep unit's operations consist of the following:
Feeding cattle and sheep, including preparing experimental rations to specific experimental requirements, normally using a fixed-boom handler, tractor and mixer waggon, but also by hand or using a mini-mixer. Ration preparation requires good numeracy skills. Recording feed offered and refusals both on paper and electronically.
Pasture/grazing management, including grass cover monitoring, allocating pasture to stock, setting up fence lines, sowing fertiliser, topping paddocks, weed control and checking water troughs. Using decision support tools, such as Agri-net to assist with grazing management.
Maintaining high animal health and welfare standards, including identifying and treating sick animals, routine health management, dosing, vaccination, hoof care, assisting veterinary practitioners. Adherence to strict biosecurity protocols is essential. Recording and reporting on animal health.
Fertility management, including heat detection, artificial insemination, assisting in calving/lambing, and ensuring the health and welfare of calves and cows / lambs and ewes. Maintaining fertility and performance records.
General livestock management duties, including bedding livestock houses and calving / lambing pens (for example, with straw, sawdust and lime), clipping cattle, dagging sheep.
Recording detailed herd/flock health and management details, both electronically and hard copy, as appropriate. Assisting scientific staff to take measurements, and occasionally involved in collecting samples within experiments.
Maintaining the overall cleanliness and tidiness of the beef and sheep units, including cleaning and disinfecting animal accommodation, brushing, power hosing, grass cutting, weed control/management, silo management.
On occasions, you may be required to operate other specialised and nonspecialised farm machinery, including forklifts, diggers, land rovers, and rough terrain vehicles. Day-to-day care and maintenance of all machinery used.
All types of general farm duties, and any other duties that may arise, including dairy young dairy stock management.
The post holder may at times have to assist in other areas within the Farmed Platform to manage industrial staff for periods to cover absences.
What you'll need to succeed
Two GCSEs including English and Maths, grade C or above, or a recognised level 2 or higher in Agriculture/Land-based Technology/ or equivalent in a relevant area.
Demonstrate, by way of example, at least 12 months' experience of working with a sheep flock and Beef/Dairy Herd
Demonstrate, by way of examples, experience in all the following:
1. Pasture/grazing management
2. Heat detection/Fertility
3. General livestock husbandry skills, including animal health and welfare and having knowledge of sustainable farming principles.
4. Demonstrate, by way of example, experience driving tractors and operating PTO shaft-driven machinery.
5. Have a full UK driving licence which enables the post holder to drive a car in Northern Ireland.
What you'll get in return
Fantastic company to work for
Paid weeklyHoliday Pay
37 hours per week
Long-term work, opportunity for permanent employment
What you need to do now
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