Start Date 20 September 2025 or negotiable

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our highly motivated team as a Dairy Farm Assistant at Kohika Downs.

The role includes:

• Milking – Assist in efficient and hygienic milking routine. Follow procedure to produce high quality milk. Understand factors that affect milk quality, & the reasons for regulations around milk quality safety. Assist with cleaning & maintain the milking plant and farm dairy equipment, and report any faults to senior staff.
• Animals – Assist in safe handling of animals, report any health and welfare issues as per farm policy. Assist with moving and handling animals safely and observe and report on wellbeing of all classes of stock. Assist with mating management activities as directed.
• Feed – Set break fences and feeds out as directed. Assist with pasture and crop weed control and learn about feed allocations and health issues associated with crops. Assist with feeding stock on-farm and growing young stock and be aware of changing feed needs.
• Environment – Understand how dairy effluent
  systems operate and how effluent affects the on-farm environment and be aware of regional council requirements and their responsibilities to comply with these. Assist with maintaining the water system, be aware of regional council requirements around water use, and report any issues to senior staff.
• People – Work well with others, building a strong team culture. Develop an understanding of what makes a good farm team, and how their actions affect the wider team.
• Machines, vehicles, technology – Safely use and maintain
  vehicles on farm as directed by on farm policy. Learn about the farm irrigation system, and assist with identifying irrigation problems and making repairs, as directed. Know how to safely operate some farm vehicles and machinery and
  assist with basic maintenance.
• Health, Safety & Wellbeing – Be involved in building a health, safety, and wellbeing culture and adhere to the
  farm H, S & W policy. Identify hazards, understands safety procedures, and demonstrates safe on-farm work practices.

Dairy Farm Assistant or Herd Manager

Start date 01/06/2025  or negotiable

Applications close 31/05/2025

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our highly motivated team as a Dairy Farm Assistant.

Reporting to the Farm Manager, we’re on the search for someone with an excellent attitude, honesty, reliability, punctuality, self-organisation and has a desire to work as part of a team. We’re keen for flexibility to meet seasonal requirements and unforeseen circumstances, someone who cares about animals and the environment.

You’ll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including:
– Milking twice a day
– shifting cows and feeding
– fencing, weed control
– calving, calf rearing,
– shed cleaning and setup,
– identifying and alerting managers to sick cows
– Setting fences
– and other general farm duties.
Weekly hours are a maximum of 48 for the salary. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, should you work beyond the agreed maximum hours in a year, you will be paid the agreed overtime hourly rate of $29.66 for any hours beyond the maximum hours.
Total salary package is up to $74,500 per annum subject to experience.