Agricultural Technician (2024/PF004)

Job description
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.

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The College is home to a genuine and supportive community of students and staff - we believe you won’t find a more supportive and friendlier college.

And that support leads to some great results. A high proportion of our students progress successfully into further or higher education, apprenticeships or employment.

Students at East Durham College also develop their confidence, self-esteem and work-related skills - developing good employability skills and enhance their future opportunities.

We also have a strong focus on helping students to make a positive contribution to their communities through the community project aspect of our exciting tutorial programme. The work of our students and our Students’ Union also helps a wide range of charities and community action projects. In fact, our 14-16 Engage provision was shortlisted for the 2020 Tes FE Awards in the Contribution to the Local Community Award category.

We have a key focus on supporting students in their journey on to employment or further forms of education and training, building upon the positive and life-changing experience of studying at East Durham College. Read more