Calf Rearer (Dairy Farm)

You'll feed, milk and care for animals on a broiler chicken farm near Vereeniging, every day of the year. You don't need to be the loudest person in the room, just the one others can count on.

Home base is a broiler chicken farm on the Vereeniging side of Gauteng. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Move animals between camps or pens calmly
• Check animals for illness or injury and report to the manager
• Keep water troughs and drinkers working
• Record births, deaths and treatments in the herd book
• Milk cows in the parlour following the milking routine
• Follow biosecurity rules like foot baths and clean overalls
• Feed animals the right ration at the right time

• Reliable, since animals depend on you
• Gentle and patient with animals
• Follows hygiene and biosecurity rules
• Comfortable around large animals

• Production bonus on milk yield or growth targets
• Milk or meat rations
• Farm housing on site

• 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.