Livestock Farm Apprentice

Summary

General farm apprentice, working alongside our existing farm staff on a 500 acres beef farm.

Annual wage: £13,145.60 a year
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Training course: General farm worker (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm, every other Saturday 8.00am - 12.00pm, ability to work occasional Sundays (hours taken in leiu).
39 hours a week
Possible start date: Friday 4 October
Duration: 1 Year 9 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

The applicant will be expected to work on a daily basis with cattle, including longhorn cows.

Duties will include:

General shepherding and help during calving
Assisiting with administration of medication
Feeding, bedding and mucking out.

Other jobs include:

Hay and silage making
Maintaing our fishing lakes
Hedge & fence maintenance
Operating a modern firewood processor.

Applicants must be able to safely drive tractors, telehandlers & quadbikes. Relevant training will be provided.

Where you’ll work

WILLOWS FARM

WANLIP ROAD

SYSTON

LEICESTER

LE7 1PD

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

THE SMB GROUP

Your training course

General farm worker (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Identify hazards and risks in the workplace, prepare risk assessments and demonstrate high level of health and safety awareness at all times.

Maintain the correct hygiene and bio-security procedures for the site, in accordance with relevant legal requirements

Check that animal welfare needs related to their environment and housing are maintained, including manure management, ensuring the suitability of indoor and outdoor environment and bedding up of animals

Assist with safe restraint, moving and handling of livestock.

Legally operate a farm vehicle and each attachment according to health and safety requirements. For example, tractors and ATVs along with other vehicles integral to the business.

Demonstrate good environmental practice in the workplace, in accordance with environmental assessment plans and associated legal requirements

Assist with post-harvest activities to meet crop and forage specifications, in a safe and environmentally acceptable way

Carry out maintenance of farm infrastructure (including housing for livestock, boundaries and electric or non-electric fences), machinery and equipment, as instructed

Complete manual and electronic records in accordance with legislation and the business processes.

Monitor and maintain health & welfare of livestock and assist with treatments when appropriate.

Monitor the quantity and quality of grass and forage crops and report findings to appropriate person.

Provide feed and water to livestock as instructed and report any issues to appropriate person

Assist with caring for livestock during the reproductive cycle, from service to weaning. For example, identify signs of heat.

Produce products for sale from the business (for example, milking, shearing, lambing, harvesting)

Assist with the preparation of the ground, including identification of soil condition through soil sampling and preparing crop for planting

Load, unload and complete paperwork for transportation of resources manually and using loading equipment, according to instruction

Monitor the growth and development of crops in line with customer specification, as instructed