Rearing Technician - South West / South Wales

De Lacy Executive Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural recruitment agency is seeking a Rearing Technician in the United Kingdom to work with the rearing team across South West and South Wales. Candidates must have experience with dairy or beef cattle and the ability to respond effectively in a fast-moving livestock business. The role offers a strong salary package, car, and phone. Ensure compliance and animal welfare are upheld while engaging closely with rearers.

Benefits

Strong basic salary package

Car

Fuel

Phone

Qualifications

• Strong practical grounding in animal husbandry required.
• Desire to break into the livestock industry.
• Mobile and able to attend calf collections.

Responsibilities

• Work within an existing network of rearers.
• Conduct calf induction and weighing.
• Assist with compliance procedures.

Skills

Experience working with dairy and/or beef cattle/calves

Ability to react when situations arise

Knowledge of different systems of rearing cattle

Positive brand ambassador

Tools

Agriwebb

Landapp

Job description

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Location:

United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

13

Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

Job Description:

Do you have a strong practical grounding in animal husbandry combined with a desire to break into the livestock industry?

If you've got on-farm dairy/cattle experience and are competent at vaccinating and livestock compliance, this could be your opportunity to advance to a bigger challenge.

Our client is hiring a new Rearing Technician for their rearing team to cover the South West and South Wales regions.

The successful candidate will be mobile, attending weekly and fortnightly calf collections and traveling between calf units across the region; responding to situations, administering vaccinations, weighing calves, and carrying out other routine procedures (listed below).

Responsibilities:

• Working within an existing network of rearers
• Calf induction onto farm
• Weighing calves
• Splitting calf groups
• Assisting rearers with use of Agriwebb and Landapp
• Compliance procedures:
• Handling passport checks
• Basic health checks
• Safe transportation
• Upholding animal welfare principles

You will have:

• A working interest in calf rearing/beef industry
• Experience working with dairy and/or beef cattle/calves
• Ability to react when situations arise
• Drive to succeed in a large-scale, fast-moving livestock business
• Knowledge of different systems of rearing cattle
• Positive brand ambassador at all times

Remuneration:

• Strong basic salary package + car + fuel + phone

De Lacy Executive Recruitment will upload your CV to our database and retain some data about you to process your application. All contact is treated in complete confidence, and your details will not be passed to third parties without your prior permission.

Please note that this advertisement is not a comprehensive job description; you should verify full details at the interview.

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