Overall setup, during and shutting down involved in milking
Decision making of cull cows
Drying off herd
Identifying herd health, sickness ect
Identifying calving herd issues
Treating main and calved hard promptly and sufficiently
Ensured proper animal care by administering medications, vaccinations, or treatments
Insuring cow lifting with hip lifters are done safely and appropriately with comfort in mind
Managing paddock rotations
ATV maintenance
Cleaning calf pens
Insuring farm cleanliness
Weed control
Irrigation- Sliders and wind downs
Calf rearing
Calf health management - treatments, drenching and vaccination
Ensuring calf keeping and conformability is up to standard- keeping calf pens cleanliness up to date, ensuing grain/pellets, clean water is always available
Appropriate NLIS and calf tag number are done timely and up to date
Calved cows records up to date
Recording calf data
Setting up strip fences
Operated and maintained farm equipment.
Strong communication with the owner
Relief Milker/ Relief Farm Hand
Fiona & Stuart Newton
01.2018 - 01.2023
Start up and shut down of dairy
Cups on/ Cups off
Identifying herd health issues
Treating and herd health issues
Droving cattle
Ensure washing down is done correctly
Assisting with drenching and vaccinating calves
50/50 Sharefarm
Self Employed
11.2016 - 11.2017
Managing overall milking procedures
Managing herd health
Organising pregnancy testing.
Assist with herd testing
Managing decisions on culls cows
Insuring all decisions are appropriate with the intent of keeping the farm profitable
Organise jointing program
Assisting with AI
Organizing paddock rotations
Implementing the agronomist recommendations
Feeding out into bale ring and with a bale feeder
Mowing and racking pasture
Organizing contractors
Hooking up implements to the tractor
Weed control
Basic fencing
Managing budgets
Ensuring all invoices are paid on time
Overall calf rearing
Ensure weaned calves health and growth are progressing
Irrigation management- ensuring change over of water ( pipe & riser ) are done at the correct to reduce water wastage,
Keeping all machinery maintained and serviced
21C Herd Manager
The Union Dairy Woolsthorpe
01.2012 - 10.2016
Lead herd management operations to ensure optimal health and productivity of livestock
Milk harvesting and quality assurance
Mastitis detection and control
Strong and wide knowledge of herd health issues
Strong knowledge of cow drugs and being able to treat correctly
Managing treatment schedules
Identifying and addressing issues correctly and promptly to decrease re-treatments
Assisting with herd testing
Maintaining and keeping all records up to date with a high standard.
Comfortable with a wide range of dairy data systems
Be able to read and understand dairy data computer output to ensure milk production is operating at it highest level
Delivering drenching and vaccination
Managing and implementing dry off procedures
Managing joining programs
Managing overall AI program
Observing calving cows
Assisting calving cows promptly
Keeping all calving and calves records up to date
Identifying post calving issues and treating appropriately and timely
Reducing herd losses with strong identification of illness and treatments
Reduced calf mortality rates through early intervention strategies
Assisting on farm contractors
Managing staff
Trained and mentored staff
Performed inventory control and quality assurance of farm's products, supplies and materials
Implementing OHS procedures to insure a very high standard of safety is adhered to
Chemical storage
Safe chemical usage
Being able to use a cow crush comfortable and safely for a wide range of of tasks
Farm Hand/Milker and Traineeship
The Union Dairy Woolsthorpe
01.2011 - 10.2012
Start up and shut down dairy plant correctly
Cups on / Cups off
Identifying mastitis
Correctly washing down after milking ensuring all areas are cleaned appropriately
Communicating with senior staff
Droving cattle
Skills
Time management
Dependable and hardworking
Machinery operation
Problem-solving
Feeding livestock
Tractor operation
Livestock handling
Safety management
Weed management
Machinery upkeep
Paddock set up and rotations
Basic fencing skills
Willingness to learn
Strong communication skills
Record keeping
Very strong herd health management
Able to reduce re-treatment and recurring health issues
Very strong knowledge of calving cows, assisting, identifying and treating to reduce livestock losses
Knowledgeable and understanding of overall calf rearing to successfully improve and increase heifer growth rate
Certification
Full current driver's licence
Applied First Aid Course
OH & S Agriculture
Completed AI Short Course
Cups on Cups off
Agriculture Traineeship – 230 days completed
Completion of Stat Multiple Choice – Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre