Calf Rearer (Dairy Farm)

If you like working with animals, a dairy farm near Somerset West has steady, long-term work. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is in Somerset West (Western Cape). Please only apply if you can travel there daily. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Feed animals the right ration at the right time
• Clean pens, houses and milking equipment
• Milk cows in the parlour following the milking routine
• Keep water troughs and drinkers working
• Check animals for illness or injury and report to the manager
• Record births, deaths and treatments in the herd book

• Able to live on the farm or close by
• Willing to work early mornings, weekends and public holidays on rotation
• Gentle and patient with animals
• Follows hygiene and biosecurity rules

• Production bonus on milk yield or growth targets
• Milk or meat rations
• Training in animal health

• Stress reliability. Explain that you understand milking or feeding cannot be skipped.
• Say which animals you have worked with and for how long. Farmers want someone who already knows the routine.