Animal Welfare, Farmhand & Tractor Driver

Healeys Cyder; England; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare subsidy with Bupa

Discount on Rattler products

Food and drink discount

Free festival tickets

Uniform, workwear and PPE provided

£1 pint on return

Employee rewards and monthly breakfast

Job summary

Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is seeking an Animal Welfare Officer, Farmhand & Tractor Driver to join a busy Site Team. You will feed, water and care for farm animals, keep pens clean, and assist with tractor and telehandler duties across the farm and visitor areas.

Responsibilities include maintaining equipment, assisting with site maintenance, and ensuring safety and compliance. A tractor/telehandler licence and Chainsaw ticket are required, with a strong emphasis on practical, hands-on work

Qualifications

• Basic DIY skills.
• Maintenance experience.
• Physical strength and stamina.
• Good at practical work and using tools.
• Able to understand technical diagrams and manuals.
• Interested in machinery and engineering.
• Understand safe working practices.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water all farm animals and maintain enclosures to a high standard.
• Keep pens and gates in good repair and ensure safe animal movement across the site.
• On-call tractor driver for telehandler and tractor duties across sites.
• Support Visitor Centre as on-call tractor driver for tours.
• Maintain farm buildings and general site maintenance tasks.
• Lead forestry maintenance and site-wide equipment upkeep.

Skills

Practical skills

Physical strength

Problem solving

Reading diagrams

Machinery understanding

Education

Tractor and Telehandler licence

Chainsaw ticket

Working at heights experience

Health & Safety knowledge

Tools

Tractor

Telehandler licence

Chainsaw

Job description

Animal Welfare, Farmhand & Tractor Driver

Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is an iconic, family run visitor attraction and home to our very own Rattler Cyder! Since the company was founded in 1980, Healeys Cyder has grown enormously, boasting more than 130,000 visitors per year and array of awards for our cyders & spirits. With an impressive schedule of events, alongside a multi-million-pound investment across a two-phase extension project, driving an exceptional visitor experience on-site has never been more important.

A fantastic opportunity is available to join our busy Site Team as a Animal Welfare Officer, Farmhand & Tractor Driver. To become a permanent part of an iconic Cornish business, and to make your mark in this exciting role please continue reading.

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary:£28,000 per year

The key deliveries for this role are:

• Feeding and providing all farm animals with water, fresh hay and straw
• Cleaning out pens and enclosures to a high standard
• Ensuring the physical wellbeing of all the animals on the farm

Day to Day

• Ensure all animals are kept pest, parasite free and wounds are treated. Give any animal requiring medication its prescribed treatment.
• Adhere to regulations concerning birds and animals and movement of animals including safe movement of animals from one area of the farm to another.
• All paperwork for animals to be kept up to date including diaries, passports and movement forms.
• Instigate a breeding programme to maximise and renew stock.
• Maintain pens, gates, fences, cattle tools and aids.
• As an experienced and qualified tractor driver you will be on call for various telehandler and tractor duties which arise across all sites including harvesting, hedge trimming, mowing and any other tractor jobs which arise at either farm.
• Support the Visitor Centre as an “on-call” tractor driver when required for all tours.
• Assisting the Site Team in maintaining the condition of the farm buildings and other maintenance work across the farm.
• Lead of forestry maintenance and planning across the site.
• Maintaining, cleaning and security of the agricultural machinery, tractors and equipment located across the farm to a high standard each Friday.
• Ensure the farm is kept clean, safe and tidy.
• Alerting the HOD to any problems regarding the animals or farm.
• Responsibility for MeritAg Check and ensuring vehicles and machinery are fit for use.
• Carry out routine checks on weekly and monthly basis as specified by your HOD
• That the goals and objectives of the company are achieved by assisting in providing a preventative maintenance system for all areas of Healeys Cyder Farm

Secondary Duties

• Assist in maintenance work as required.
• Ensure company vehicles are kept clean.
• Routine lubrication of machinery, locks, hinges as specified by your HOD.
• General appearance of site, litter picking etc ensuring site is clean, safe and tidy.
• Keep workshop tidy and ensure proper storage of tools and equipment.
• Carry out regular building maintenance at appropriate times for aesthetics and site safety to include painting, preserving and basic repair work.
• All health and safety guidelines must be followed (for yourself and others in your work area).
• Agree time frames for completion of tasks/site activities.
• All checklists and relevant paperwork completed accurately and timely.
• Security of workshop and all tools/equipment therein.
• Flexibility in duties to ensure best business practise across whole site.

Additional Duties

• Rodent control across all sites.
• Assist, when required, in the Orchards or Vineyards.
• Any other activity/task as and when requested by the Directors.

Work Experience

• Tractor driving
• Building maintenance

Skills

• Basic DIY skills.
• Maintenance.
• Physical strength and stamina to meet the demands of the role.
• Good at practical work and using tools.
• Good at problem solving and fault finding.
• Able to understand technical diagrams and manuals.
• Interested in machinery and engineering.
• Understand safe working practices

Qualifications

• Tractor and Telehandler licence.
• Chainsaw ticket.
• Working at heights experience.
• Health & Safety

Personal Qualities

• Responsible, honest, reliable and trustworthy.
• Ability to stay calm in an emergency.
• Flexible and enjoy varied routine.

Due to a high volume of applications received, we are unable to contact each applicant individually regarding the status of their application

Joining the #RattlerCru is not just about us - We offer you the opportunity to develop and grow with the business with well-experienced mentors at hand to support you along the way, as well as offering:

• Subsidised healthcare with Bupa
• 50% discount on all Rattler products
• 50% Discount on all food and drink in the Restaurant
• Free festival tickets
• Full Healeys uniform, workwear and PPE provided
• Chill out after your shift with a £1 pint!
• Employee rewards for #FeelGoodFriday
• Monthly breakfast club

We can’t wait to hear from you!

The Healeys Recruitment Team

Healeys is special, we are a family-run business with strong family values and a passion for making the best products and delivering an exceptional brand experience, we take pride in our customers who visit the farm and who taste our products. We nurture our in-house talent and seek to develop our employees to maximise their potential and have a fulfilling and varied working life at Healeys.