Farm Worker Apprentice
STAPLEGROVE LIVESTOCK LTD
CULLOMPTON (EX15 2HU)
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
Posted on 26 March 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a farm worker to work on a busy pedigree and commercial mixed beef and sheep farm near Culmstock, Devon. You will be required to feed Beef Cattle and Sheep, to include tractor work knowledge of telehandlers an advantage.
- Wage
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£14,560 to £23,132.20, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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National Minimum Wage - from April 2026, between £8.00 and £12.71 per hour
- Training course
- General farm worker (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 8.00am - 5.00pm, will include weekend work on a rota basis.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 25 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- Feeding cattle/sheep
- Cleaning out and bedding up cattle/sheep
- Using telehandler or tractor to scrape out sheds
- Checking stock in fields
- General husbandry checks
Where you'll work
FOXHILL FARM
BLACKBOROUGH
CULLOMPTON
EX15 2HU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP
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
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 and above)
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
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this employer
Family run farm with pedigree cattle and sheep, the animals are shown at all the top shows like Devon County, Royal Cornwall, Three Counties, Highland, Yorkshire, Welsh.
After this apprenticeship
- Progression into senior roles within the farm
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY CENTRE SOMERSET COLLEGE GROUP
Harrison
business@ucscollegegroup.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000022416.
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Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026