Farm Apprenticeship
PARKER NEWTON LIMITED
BROMYARD (HR7 4QY)
Closes in 19 days (Monday 4 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Would you like to grow food working with a friendly team on our farm? You will be trained in the care of livestock and managing automated feeding systems. You will also help operate green energy systems and care for the countryside, hedges & trees. If you are keen to learn and progress, you will enjoy excellent long-term career prospects too.
- Wage
-
£13,741 to £22,222.20, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
Check minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Depending on progress and performance, discretionary bonus may be paid
- Training course
- General farm worker (level 2)
- Hours
-
Days & shifts to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
-
Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
-
2 years
- Positions available
-
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Helping to look after livestock, ensuring the highest standards of care & welfare
- Overseeing and operating automated equipment after full training
- Carrying out site management and maintenance tasks
- Developing skills in a wide variety of other farming activities
Where you'll work
NEWTON FARM
STOKE LACY
BROMYARD
HR7 4QY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HEREFORDSHIRE, LUDLOW, AND NORTH SHROPSHIRE COLLEGE
Your training course
General farm worker (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
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
- The apprenticeship is completely work-based, with all training and assessments taking place in the workplace
- Of your working week, 20% of your time will be spent learning
- Joining a very experienced team, you will get significant and continual on-the-job training as you learn and progress through the many different tasks we undertake
- Your learning programme will be run by County Training. In addition, you may take additional ad hoc training courses with other specialist training providers such as Poultec and TS Limited
- If required level 1 & 2 functional English & maths lessons will be provided
- By the end of the training, you will achieve the General farm worker intermediate apprenticeship level 2, have a portfolio of your training and work completed, an award in emergency first aid, City & Guilds level 2 in safe use of pesticides and a qualification
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
Other in:
not essential (grade not essential)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
- Physical fitness
- Reliable
- Helpful
- Task completer
- Observant
- Implements plans
- Follows instructions
Other requirements
The vacancy will involve working outdoors and sometimes lifting heavy or awkward objects.
About this company
We are a long standing family farming business involved in a wide range of different activities including animal husbandry, crop growing and environmental enhancement. The work is very varied utilising the latest technology and equipment alongside traditional skills. You will be joining a small friendly and helpful team, who take great pride in achieving excellent results.
After this apprenticeship
Permanent position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PARKER NEWTON LIMITED
HR Manager
07977 928663
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329236.
Apply now
Closes in 19 days (Monday 4 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
When you apply, you’ll be asked to sign in with a GOV.UK One Login. You can create one at the same time as applying for this apprenticeship.