Alkmonton Dairy is a small, family-run business. We’re based in Alkmonton, just south of Ashbourne in Derbyshire . We process and bottle milk that has been produced by our own Pedigree Ayrshire herd of cows. Passionate about promoting our own products locally, we decided to cut out the middleman. We supply locally sourced and produced food products straight to people’s doorsteps. Looking for an assistant Herdsperson to join our friendly small team. We milk around 200 cows on a busy dairy farm and have just invested in a new milking parlour setup.
What you’ll do at work
- Milking
- Livestock treatments such as Worming, vaccines etc.
- Looking at cow diet
- Feeding and bedding cattle
- Calf handling – ear tagging, disbudding, vaccines
- Some arable work
- Grass management
Your training plan
Reaseheath Training will be the apprenticeship provider for this Level 3 Livestock Unit Technician apprenticeship.
- Gain Level 3 in Livestock Technician
- 12-to-18-months depending on previous experience (1 day per week)
- Level 3 award in Emergency First Aid at Work, which is a minimum of 1-day course (Ofqual regulated)
- Level 2 in safe use of vet medicines
- Level 2 safe handling of pesticides or lanta safe use of pesticides
- Progress onto Level 4 Assistant Farm Manager Apprenticeship
Own travel is required due to lack of transport routes around place of work.