General Farm Worker Apprentice

A R HOOPER AND PARTNERS LTD

CREDITON, EX17 5BA

Closes in 5 days (Thursday 1 August at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 April 2024

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Summary

A R Hooper and Partners Ltd. are offering an exciting opportunity to join their team as a General Farm Worker Apprentice. This is a great opportunity to gain an insight into the Dairy Industry and develop new skills.

Annual wage
£13,312 a year

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The pay may be negotiated and may rise after a probation period has been successfully completed.

Training course
General farm worker (level 2)
Hours
You will be working Monday to Friday. Occasionally weekend work will be required on a rota basis. Shift times will range between 6am and 6:30pm dependent on milking rota.

40 hours a week

Possible start date

Thursday 5 September

Duration

1 Year 6 Months

Positions available

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

  • You will be working towards a Level 2 General Farm Worker Apprenticeship standard. Includes the following qualifications;
    • 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’
  • You will receive on and off the job training and support from an assessor and apprenticeship advisor.
  • You will be required to attend Bicton College on a fortnightly basis (two days every other week) as part of the apprenticeship training.

Where you’ll work

LOWER SESSLAND

SPREYTON

CREDITON

EX17 5BA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

CORNWALL 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

    This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade 3/D)
    • Maths (grade 3/C)

    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
    • Non judgemental
    • Physical fitness

    Other requirements

    Please consider how you will reliably access the workplace on a daily basis and Bicton College on a fortnightly basis. There are no trains or buses within three miles of the farm.

    About this company

    A R Hooper and Partners Ltd. have two separate dairy units. The successful applicant will be mainly working on the farm at Lower Sessland. Lower Sessland (nr Whiddon Down) - 400 cows - 20/40 parlour - cows are grazed using a New Zealand style system throughout the spring/summer and are cubicle housed (sawdust) in the winter, they are on self-feed silage with cake in the parlour. Autumn calving herd (mid August start). Higher Cofford (nr Starcross) - 400 cows - 24/48 parlour - cows are grazed using a New Zealand style system 365 days a year. Cake fed in the parlour and supplemented with silage as required throughout the year but no indoor housing for the cows. There is a calf rearing shed. Spring calving herd (February start). All heifers, from both units, are reared close to Lower Sessland by us. Cow tracks on both farms are maintained to a high quality using concrete or sleepers as required - minimising lameness and maximising days at grass. Grass is measured weekly (during grazing season at Lower Sessland and all year round at Higher Cofford) so that we know how much grass grows daily and can utilise it to the maximum. We sell our milk to Arla and are Red Tractor assured.

    After this apprenticeship

    There may be the opportunity for further employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship. The company would like to train and keep the right candidate.

    Upon succesful completion of this apprenticeship there may be an opportunity to further progress to a higher level apprenticeship.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    CORNWALL COLLEGE

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000246268.

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