Shephard and Tractor Driver
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 05 Mehefin 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | £29,787 i £32,552 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Please visit our website |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | York, North Yorkshire, YO23 3FR |
| Cwmni: | Askham Bryan College |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | NA00560_1717578316 |
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Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.
We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.
We define the values and qualities that we require from our people using the Askham Bryan College DNA. Hardwired in to what we do, our DNA strands ensure that all colleagues are committed to delivering with purpose, taking ownership, building trust and always learning.
Our staff benefits include 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Local Government Pension Scheme/Teachers Pension Scheme, Staff Discounts, Colleague engagement days, Cycle to Work Scheme, ABC Awards (Staff Recognition Scheme), beautiful campuses and free on-site parking (York, Middlesbrough, Gateshead).
We have an exciting opportunity for a tractor driver/ shepherd with a keen eye for detail and good communication skills to join our farm team at our Askham Bryan College Farm. We are mixed farming enterprise just outside York covering 200ha. We are seeking an individual who will work alongside the current team at Westfield Farm, assisting with all duties relating to the dairy, sheep and beef enterprises. The farm milks 150 pedigree Holstein Friesen cows twice a day through a 10/10 rapid exit parlour and 60 through a robotic system. The milking takes around 1.5 hours to complete. The farm rears all its beef x dairy calves through a brand-new calf rearing and beef rearing system. The farm also has a flock of 200 breeding ewes lambing in February. We also farm a small block of arable growing a mixture of crops including Maize, Wheat, Barley, Sugar beet and vining peas.
Your main responsibility will be the TMR diet feeding of all livestock on the farm and the care of the sheep flock along with a variety of tractor work. This role has great variety and provides a great opportunity for an individual to expand their knowledge and experience on a variety of different enterprises.
All relevant training will be provided. The successful candidate will be required to work in line with the Rota which will include weekend work. The Rota allows for 4 days off fortnightly. The role includes 35 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays and very good pension scheme. Full driver's license and telehandler ticket essential.
Accommodation can be discussed for this position.
For Further information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Safeguarding Statement
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.
Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:
- We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
- We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as "spent". It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
- We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.
Note on "regulated activity": You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:
- Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
- Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
- Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.
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