Agricultural Technician (2024/PF004)
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The Vacancy
We have an exciting opportunity for a well organised and self-motivated person to join the East Durham College team on a full-time basis.
The successful candidate will be supported by a professional and experienced team, encouraging you to develop your skills, knowledge and experience. We support staff through an active professional development programme, including veterinary health, livestock management, machinery and safety programmes.
Main Duties of the Role:
To feed and look after our Angus cattle, Innovis sheep and Hampshire-cross pigs to a high standard, supported by the veterinary team to achieve within the top ten percent of UK farms.
Help manage a modern grazing system as well as forage and arable crops to improve and maintain plant health. Making accurate records throughout, to inform management decisions and contribute to research.
Operate and maintain farm machinery safely, including assisting with a range of field cultivations and sowing through to harvesting, milling and mixing.
You will work within a strong culture of safety, checking and maintaining equipment and machinery and keeping accurate on-line records for your safety and the safety of staff, students and visitors. You will also contribute to safety inspections to help improve our position.
Our main farm enterprise is teaching and learning focusing on delivering excellence in learning and preparing our students for industry, there will be a strong emphasis assisting lecturers and students in practical tasks with livestock as well as machinery and estate skills.
Essential Requirement:
A minimum level 3 qualification in agriculture is essential along with a minimum level 2 in Maths and English. Significant experience of working in the industry across a range of enterprises and an up-to-date knowledge of Health and Safety are essential for this role.
Certificates of technical competence and previous experience of working in an education setting would be an advantage, but not essential.
What we offer:
- 30 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free Gym Membership.
- Enhanced Maternity/ Paternity and Adoption leave.
- 3 days paid emergency leave per year.
- Funded Continuous Professional Development (CPD) where appropriate.
- Onsite Café and Starbucks
- Nursery facilities at the Peterlee Campus (up to 5 years).
- Cycle to work scheme.
About EDC
There’s never been a better time to join the fantastic team here at East Durham College, with recent investment in our already outstanding teaching facilities, and further investment still to come the College has a great deal on offer for both staff and students. East Durham College provides access to education for all, with pathways through stages of learning across a broad offer and with close alignment to employment opportunities in the North East region. Plus, the College recently gained its fifth ‘GOOD’ Ofsted rating in a row.
The College is split over 3 campuses with a very board offer of courses, from general FE, and A-level to specialist land based and technical provisions there is something for everyone. As a member of the team here at East Durham College you will have access to a generous holiday entitlement, Local Government or Teachers Pensions, Free Gym (Willerby Grove Campus), Free parking and much more.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As part of that ethos, we aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and join us.
At East Durham College we follow Safer Recruitment and Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
East Durham College is proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we operate a guaranteed interview scheme. If you meet the essential criteria, you will automatically be selected for an interview.
East Durham College is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident.
East Durham College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, therefore this role requires an Enhanced DBS check.
More information about the College can be found on our website.
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