Part-Time Calf Rearer at J Shepherd & Son in Wykeham YO13 9QR

Do you love calves?!

We are looking for a candidate with excellent attention to detail and a genuine love of calves!

Whilst you would need to be local to us due to the short shift length, for the right person who loves working with calves, and is looking for something with a degree of flexibility, this could be the perfect role.

Job Responsibilities:

- Ensure protocols are followed to ensure the highest standards of welfare are achieved at all times.

- Feeding the youngest calves in pens.

- Training calves onto the automatic feeder.

- Bedding up the calf pens.

- Cleaning and maintaining equipment to maintain the high standards of hygiene required.

- Vaccinating new calves

- Colostrum management

- Checking the calves closely and administering treatments as required.

Qualifications:

Calf rearing experience would be highly advantageous, but we would be open to training the right person.

A driving licence and your own transport is essential due to our location.

Hours:

Feeding calves takes around 2 hours, morning and evening. This will vary slightly day-to-day depending on the number of new arrivals.

Some flexibility is available in terms of start times, but as a guide, this would be either:

5am & 2pm, 6am & 3pm or 7am & 4pm or some variation of this, providing it was consistent.

You would work on a rota with another calf rearer, so some flexibility would be needed to help with covering each other’s time off, but the basic rota would be:

One Weekday and Alternate Weekends

Remuneration

Full training would be provided but experience working with calves or stock would be highly beneficial and a competitive hourly rate would be arranged to reflect this.

Pay: From £7,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Do you have a driving licence and access to your own transport, so that you can reliably commute?
• Please give a brief description of your experience working with livestock
• Why would the two hour feeding slots work well for you?

Work Location: In person