Dry Stock Farm Assistant
Aylesbury Grazing Ltd
Start date negotiable, permanent position
This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a, fully-developed 388-hectare dry stock property. As a Farm Assistant, you will work alongside a highly motivated team to manage dairy support stock, accelerate your practical skills, and maintain the property to high operational standards.
- Location: Grange Road, Burnham (easy commute from Rolleston, Darfield, or Christchurch).
- Stock Profile: We carry approximately 1500 R1s and R2s, 130 Jersey bulls, and 200 carryover cows.
- Farm Infrastructure: 100% irrigated via three large centre pivots, four towable pivots, and set sprinklers.
Fast-Track Your Farming Skills: This role is specifically designed to level up your technical capabilities in two critical areas of New Zealand pastoral farming:
- Pasture Management: Learn feed allocation and pasture management on a large, highly productive, 100% irrigated property. You will gain hands-on experience learning pasture residuals and break-fencing rotations, and maximizing pasture utilisation.
- Advance Your Stock Handling: Build confidence and expertise in handling large numbers of young stock, bulls, and carryover cows. Work alongside experienced mentors to master stress-free stock movements, health drafting, and proactive animal welfare monitoring.
Key Responsibilities
- Stock Management: Shifting, break-fencing, and monitoring the health and welfare of young stock and carryover cows.
- Pasture Allocation: Assisting with feed management and general break setup.
- Tractor & Machinery Work: Feeding out, operating tidy modern machinery, and farm maintenance.
- General Maintenance: Fencing repairs, weed management, and keeping water and power systems functioning.
What We Are Looking For
- An excellent attitude, honesty, and strong reliability.
- Eagerness to learn, ask questions, and actively develop your stock and pasture skills.
- Practical farm competency (experience with tractor driving or stock handling is highly preferred).
- High awareness of animal welfare and environmental care.
- A current, clean New Zealand driver’s license.
- This will suit someone local in the area as there is no accommodation on farm.
How to Apply
Ready to take the next step in your farming career? Please send your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience to Aylesbury@camdengroup.co.nz
Applicants need to be based in New Zealand.
A full position description is available on request.
We will be reviewing applications before the close date so get in as soon as you can.