Farm Apprentice
LOTTISHAM CHURCH FARM LTD
GLASTONBURY (BA6 8PF)
Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026
Posted on 25 March 2026
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Summary
We have a mixed farm which includes dairy cows, milked by 3 robots, beef, sheep and arable crops. If you are interested in getting a wide range of experience and aim to be the best then this could be the job for you.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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From April 2026, apprentices will receive £8.00 per hour. After the first year, pay will follow the National Minimum Wage. Occasionally, additional hours may be requested and will be compensated at the National Minimum Wage.
- Training course
- General farm worker (level 2)
- Hours
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The apprentice will be required to work 2 mornings a week ( one of which must be Saturday) and 2 afternoons. Shifts to be confirmed.
30 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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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
- Clean and maintain the milking robots
- Clean out, bed up and feed young stock
- Help move electric fence around sheep and move them into new pasture
- Help with the evening routine, feeding new born calves or bedding up cows
- Tasks will change regularly depending on the time of year
- We calve all year round but lambing takes place in the autumn and there is lots of tractor work in the Spring and Autumn
Where you'll work
CHURCH FARM
LOTTISHAM
GLASTONBURY
BA6 8PF
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 C/4 and 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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Punctual
- Ask questions when unsure
- Dress for weather and tasks
Other requirements
Aim to pass your driving test as soon as possible.
About this employer
We are David and Claire Dibble and along with our son, Joe, we farm approximately 500 acres near Glastonbury. We are predominately a dairy farm milking 180 cows through Lely robots and calving all year round. Our milk is sold to Tesco. All the calves are reared on the farm to 2 years old when they either enter the dairy herd or are sold for beef, mainly on the Aberdeen Angus scheme to Tesco. We have a flock of 230 Poll Dorset ewes which lamb in September/October. The lambs are sold through the Waitrose Scheme in February,March and April. In addition to this we grow 100 acres of wheat and 100 acres of maize. We would like to think we are a progressive farm using all the latest innovations to ensure high standards of welfare.
After this apprenticeship
- Once sufficient skill and experience has been gained going into full time employment or a college course or working abroad are all options
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 VAC2000022887.
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Closes on Thursday 30 April 2026