Beef and Sheep Industrial.
- Hillsborough, County Down
- Up to £12.59 per hour
Beef and Sheep Industrial
- Hillsborough, County Down
- Up to £12.59 per hour
-
Posted
October 10, 2024
The Recruitment Co are currently working with a large Public Sector body in recruiting for a Beef and Sheep Heard industrial.
The successful candidate will report to the Beef and Sheep Herd Manager/Team Leader
and liaise closely with scientific staff at Hillsborough, Loughgall, Crossnacreevy, Stormont
and Newforge Lane Belfast, the successful applicant’s duties will include the following:-
The Beef & Sheep unit operations consist of the following:
- Feeding cattle and sheep, including preparing experimental rations to specific experimental requirements, normally using a fixed-boom handler, tractor and mixer wagon, but also by hand or using a mini mixer. Ration preparation requires good numeracy skills. Recording feed offered and refusals both on paper and electronically.
- Pasture/grazing management, including grass cover monitoring, allocating pasture to stock, setting up fence lines, sowing fertiliser, topping paddocks, weed control and checking water troughs. Using decision support tools, such as Agri-net to assist with grazing management.
- Maintaining high animal health and welfare standards, including identifying and treating sick animals, routine health management, dosing, vaccination, hoof care, assisting veterinary practitioners. Adherence to strict bio-security protocols is essential.
- Fertility management, including heat detection, artificial insemination, assisting at calving/lambing, and ensuring the health and welfare of calves and cows / lambs and ewes. Maintaining fertility and performance records.
- General livestock management duties, including bedding livestock houses and calving / lambing pens (for example, with straw, sawdust and lime), clipping cattle, dagging sheep.
These lists are not exclusive, and the successful candidate will be required to carry out other duties as allocated by management.
Note: the scope of duties may change over time, subject to a review.
Applicants must demonstrate in their application form that they possess the
following criteria, by the closing date:
1. Two GCSE’s including English and Maths, grade C or above, or a recognised level 2 or higher in Agriculture/Land based Technology/ or equivalent in a relevant area.
2. Demonstrate, by way of examples, at least 12 months experience of working with a sheep flock and Beef/Dairy Herd
3. Demonstrate, by way of examples, experience in all of the following:
a) Pasture/grazing management,
b) Heat detection/Fertility,
c) General livestock husbandry skills including animal Health and Welfare and have knowledge of sustainable farming principles.
4. Demonstrate, by way of examples, experience driving tractors and operating PTO shaft driven machinery.
Have a full UK driving licence which enables the post holder to drive a car in Northern
Ireland.
This opportunity is no longer accepting applications.
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