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First Year Apprentice Vacancy
A Dairy Farm Manager First Year Apprentice Vacancy position has become available on a grass-based dairy farm in mid-Tipperary (Gortnahoe: between Urlingford and Horse and Jockey) with a commencement date of August 2024. The herd is a spring calving 200 cow herd with a 20-unit herringbone parlour auto-calf feeding and with replacements contract reared. Most machinery work is undertaken by contractors and relief staff are also employed as required. The farm is run as a compact seasonal calving pasture-based operation with good facilities and a big emphasis on cow and grassland management. Our farming hours are 7am to 5pm with essential work at weekends only. We also run a 1 in 3 weekend work roster for most of the year.
The ideal candidate will have an interest for pasture-based dairy farming, a strong desire to learn and progress to share farming potentially within the current farm business and good communication skills to work as part of a team with other farm staff, farm owners, contractors and farm relief are essential.
Key responsibilities
The key tasks on farm are
• Milking and stock management
• Grassland management
• Herd health management
• Health and safety on farm
• Prioritising and scheduling workload and working with staff, students, contractors & farm relief
• Undertaking training & development opportunities & potentially progressing to share farming similar to the previous position holder.

Employer Information
ADDRESS
Graiguemane
Gortnahoe
Thurles
Graiguemane

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