Assistant Herdsperson
- Employer
- LKL Services to Agriculture
- Location
- Dorset (GB)
- Closing date
- 19 Oct 2024
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- Sector
- Dairy, Farm Work, Livestock
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Role
- Farm Worker, Herdsperson
- Employer Type
- Recruitment Consultant
Job Details
Assistant Herdsperson
Milton Abbas, Dorset
Ref: SOweb2702
We have a new contract vacancy for an experienced assistant herdsperson to take day to day control of 350 Organic autumn block calving Friesians as one of 4 x dairies on a family owned and managed 2,500-acre estate in North Dorset.
The herd is milked via a very modern Fullwood 24 x 48 herringbone parlour within parlour feeders. Whilst housed cows have access to sand cubicles with tractor scraped, passages, and are fed a TMR consisting of whole-crop and grass silages.
The appointed person will be assistant to head herdsperson will be expected to take an interest in the day-to-day herd management to include extensive March to November grazing, so able to use quad bike and do electric fencing etc.
A competitive package to go along with a good, detached log cabin on farm is on offer, to compliment a work life balance of 9-hour days and regular time off to suit any candidate.
*No overseas applicants without a work visa*
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