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Dairy industry crying out for relief milkers

29 Jul, 2008 09:37 AM
THERE are jobs begging in the dairy industry for anyone with a couple of hours to spare a day to milk cows.

With the employment situation in the industry becoming serious, the Young Dairyfarmer Development Project is holding a workshop information session on part-time employment opportunities.

One of the organisers, Jon Holland from Newbridge, said relief milking was a great way to supplement income outside normal working hours.

"I know of a woman with school-age children who heads out in the morning to milk cows and is back in time to assist the children off to school," he said.

Mr Holland said that in modern dairies, working conditions were very good and it was very safe.

He said there were a range of activities relief milkers were ideally suited to.

"When I was a student at Glenormiston Agricultural College I relief-milked on a nearby dairy farm in the morning before starting my studies for the day," Mr Holland said.

"My mates worked in pubs and they didn't finish until very late at night, and I had the pleasure of dealing with cows and they had to deal with the public. Yes, I had the better job," he said.

Mr Holland said for the hours worked the pay was great, there was no need for experience and there was work available right now.

He said the workshop would also include a visit to a nearby dairy farm where cows were milked daily.

Any dairy employers were welcome to attend the workshop and see who was looking for a job, he said.

The session will be held at the Rochester tennis classrooms tomorrow at 1.30pm.

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been a relief milker for over twenty years both new zealand and australia. reasons for lack of interest in the relief milking side are:because of no shed inspections in australia, 40% of sheds should be condemned. compulsory training for relief milkers not readily available or required therefore expectations and pay rates unmet or misunderstood. the realisation of how important a position relief milking is has been truely recognised from industry or employers. simple really - more training targeted to this particular field of expertise and it will only get better.
Posted by vivienne, 5/01/2009 1:38:02 PM
Hi, well here I am looking for relief milking jobs in the Warnambool district. Would you believe it the industry says it can't find any? Well, I can't find any to apply for. I have looked and spoken to many people. I have all the experience I will ever need, but I just can't get on to many, I must agree with the comment by Vivienne, though.
Posted by mo, 20/01/2009 11:47:25 PM

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