General Farm Worker Apprentice
Rowland & Sons
NUNEATON (CV10 0RJ)
Closes on Friday 27 June 2025
Posted on 15 April 2025
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking family dairy farm who are currently in the process of installing a robotic milking system. You will learn technical skills and build on your existing experience whilst helping to set up and run the new robotic system.
- Wage
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£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- General farm worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Saturday.
Hours of work to be discussed at interview.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 July 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Attention to detail is paramount in looking after the high yielding herd and you will help the family with all aspects of the herds welfare. Your role will include but not be restricted to:
- Learning to care for the new born calf and its Mother
- Rearing of the calves
- Rearing of the youngstock replacements
- Yard work relating to the dairy herd
- Help to establish a robotic milking routine
- Field work required to grow the herds forage requirements
Where you’ll work
LADYWOOD FARM
RIDGE LANE
NUNEATON
CV10 0RJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE
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
- 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.
Your training plan
What qualifications will the apprentice achieve?
- Level 3 Award in Emergency First Aid at Work, which is a minimum of 1-day course (Ofqual regulated)
- City & Guilds Principles of Safe Handling and Application of Pesticides Guidance or Lantra Safe use of Pesticides’
- Level 2 Intermediate Apprenticeship as a General Farm Worker
Learning by Masterclass at either Moreton Morrell College or Pershore College.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English, Maths (grade 3/D+)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This is an outdoor role which requires a fitness level to enable you to achieve this. You will be on your feet for long periods and there will be a certain amount of lifting. There is no accommodation or public transport available so please make sure you can reliably get yourself to and from the location daily before applying for the role.
About this company
Rowland & Sons are a long established family dairy farming partnership who rear all of their own replacement heifers. All beef calves are sold to a local farmer. We believe attention to detail and a “can do” attitude make a perfect team.
After this apprenticeship
Completion of this course may lead to you completing a Level 3 apprenticeship or further college course. It may also lead to general employment within the agricultural industry.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE
SARAH ASHMORE
sashmore@warwickshire.ac.uk
07740419319
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315784.
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Closes on Friday 27 June 2025
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