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.
You will manage and have oversight of several Industrial 2 staff within the Research Farmed Platform. These staffs are currently primarily based within the Dairy Unit and the post holder will manage the day-to-day operations of the staff whilst working alongside the team and taking the lead of operations within the Unit.
Your new role
* Milking duties, including bringing cows to and from fields and houses for milking, preparing cows for milking, milking cows, maintaining hygiene throughout the milking process, maintaining parlour cleanliness.
* Feeding cows, including preparing experimental rations for specific experimental requirements, normally using a telescopic handler, tractor, and mixer waggon, but also by hand or using a mini-mixer.
* Pasture/grazing management, including sowing fertiliser, mowing paddocks using a mower, harvesting grass using a zero-grazer, weed control, allocating pasture, setting up fence lines, checking water troughs.
* Maintaining high animal health and welfare standards, including identifying and treating sick animals, routine health management, vaccination, hoof care, assisting veterinary practitioners.
* Fertility management, including heat detection, artificial insemination, assisting at calving, and ensuring the health and welfare of calves and cows at birth.
* General livestock management duties, including bedding cow houses/cubicles and calving pens (for example, with straw, sawdust, and lime), clipping cows.
* Record detailed herd health and management details, both electronically and hard copy, as appropriate. Assisting scientific staff to take measurements.
* Maintaining the overall cleanliness and tidiness of the dairy unit, including cleaning and disinfecting animal accommodation, brushing, power hosing, grass cutting, weed control/management, silo management.
* All types of general farm duties, and any other duties that may arise, including young stock management.
* Conducting an evening check of animals within the herds, which may include checking youngstock and calves.
* Manage the team's training needs, ensure Health and Safety principles are embedded across all relevant teams. Motivate the relevant teams to successfully complete all operations and tasks within the required timeframe and will also support their line manager in introducing new technologies and farming methods or principles to reduce the Farmed Platforms' carbon footprint and environmental impact.
1. 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.2. Demonstrate, by way of example, at least 12 months' experience of working in a Dairy Unit of over 200 cows, including milking, feeding, and maintaining cow hygiene throughout all milking processes.3. Demonstrate, by way of examples, experience in all the following:
* Pasture/grazing management as a whole,
* Heat detection/Fertility,
* General livestock husbandry skills, including animal health and welfare and having knowledge of sustainable farming principles.
4. Experience of managing youngstock, i.e. Calves and heifers5. Experience of supervising a team/staff.6. Have a full UK driving licence which enables the holder to drive a car in Northern Ireland.
What you'll get in return
Paid weeklyHoliday Pay
37 hours per week
Long-term work, opportunity for permanent employment
What you need to do now
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