Senior Laborer University of Minnesota Twin Cities

This position performs a variety of manual labor tasks from detailed instructions that are tailored to milking cows, treating cows for mastitis, moving cows to and from the milking center, and cleaning and sanitation of the milking equipment, milking center, and cow stalls and walkways.

Job duties (include percentages)
90% This position involves:

• Milking cows any day of the week (including weekends), morning or evening, on a flexible schedule with five guaranteed shifts per week.
• Cows are milked twice daily at 5am and 4 pm according to milking protocol.

10% Secondary tasks include:

• Keeping simple treatment, milk weight, and milk production records.
• Other tasks may involve assisting in sorting of livestock, calving, and grooming of livestock.
• These examples do not include all possible tasks in this position and do not limit the assignments of related tasks.

Required

• High school graduate.
• Six (6) months general labor experience
  and/or milking
• Flexibility in scheduling

Preferred

• Experience in milking cows
• Training as a milker
• Flexibility in scheduling
• Evidence of capacity to accept training
• Skills to read and write English
• Follow detailed instructions
• Make minor mechanical repairs and adjustments to milking- related equipment
• Ability to milk cows safely, and motivation to work patiently with farm animals
• Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds