General Farm Worker (Level 2) Apprenticeship
C&A Coates
BURTON ON TRENT (DE13 9PH)
Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025
Posted on 23 July 2025
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Summary
Apprenticeship on our dairy farm, milking 250 head pedigree Jersey cattle. We are a small team which includes highly experienced staff and an on farm veterinary surgeon with experience of teaching undergraduate students. The team are enthusiastic and dedicated to train and support the next generation.
- Wage
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£18,844.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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A static caravan is available on farm to provide accommodation if necessary. This would be charged at £300/mth with electricity charged as used (independent meter for caravan).
- Training course
- General farm worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday (day at college to be determined) 6am to 6:30pm, every other weekend 6am to 10am and 3pm to 6:30pm.
48 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
- Milking
- General stock tasks such as vaccinations and moving stock
- Calf rearing
- Youngstock management tasks
- Housing management and hygiene - including scraping out and brushing beds, bedding
- Feeding
- Farm maintenance
- Fencing
- Basic Tractor work
Where you'll work
LOWER CASTLE HAYES FARM
BELMOT ROAD
NEEDWOOD
BURTON ON TRENT
DE13 9PH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
Training course
General farm worker (level 2)
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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.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
C&A Coates is a family run dairy farm, milking pedigree Jersey cattle.
After this apprenticeship
Potential careers after the apprenticeship include:
- Assistant herdsperson
- General farm operative
- Stockperson
- Tractor driver
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
C&A Coates
Amy Coates
grandoakjerseys@outlook.com
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332714.
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Closes on Sunday 31 August 2025
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