Dairy Milker (Rotary Parlour)

If you like working with animals, a piggery near Cape Town CBD has steady, long-term work. Someone who likes a bit of variety, but also likes doing things the right way, will enjoy this.

You'll be based at a piggery in Cape Town CBD. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Help the vet with vaccinations and treatments
• Collect eggs or check broiler house temperatures
• Milk cows in the parlour following the milking routine
• Record births, deaths and treatments in the herd book
• Keep water troughs and drinkers working
• Follow biosecurity rules like foot baths and clean overalls

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

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

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