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Responsibilities:Animal Husbandry:• Conduct daily checks and feeding of Farm Park livestock, ensuring proper care. • Identify and address health issues in livestock, seeking assistance when necessary.• Perform routine animal husbandry tasks such as foot care, worming, vaccinations and crutching.• Maintain cleanliness of animal housing, shelters, hutches, nest boxes, and ponds, ensuring animals have access to clean drinking water and food throughout the day.• Provide animal veterinary and medicinal care, maintaining records and organising medicine storage areas at CFP.
Farm Operations & Maintenance:• Assist with feeding operations, including topping up or clearing ring feeders.• Manage equipment and stock availability.• Maintain and service farm machinery and tools under the guidance of the Livestock Manager.• Coordinate with the Maintenance Manager regarding maintenance requirements, both to request additional practical help and to seek advice and guidance on areas outside of your skill set.• Ensure the safety and maintenance of livestock equipment, water troughs, and stock fences, reporting any maintenance needs.• Paddock sweeping and paddock tractor duties, including topping, harrowing, rolling etc.• General farm work including topping, weed spraying, fencing, bale carting etc.Shared Responsibilities:All team members are expected to demonstrate the following skills and behaviours: job knowledge, quality and quantity of work, self-motivation and initiative, effective communication, positive attitude towards colleagues, understanding of documentation, customer knowledge, safety and organisation, timekeeping and attendance.Skills and Experience Required:Essential:• Animal husbandry skills, including catching, health checking, and administering tasks such as foot care and medicine/injections.• Maintenance experience including fencing, property repairs, alkythene plumbing
Job InformationThis is a full-time, permanent position, with immediate start available.The working pattern is 6 days per week, 5 hours per day including weekends on a rota basis.Additional overtimehours during busy periods will be required.This role involves physical work in an outdoor environment, covering a large area on foot, and requires regular manual handling.
