Would you employ a farm labourer with little experience

oasis12

I was wonderin if any farmer would employ a farm labourer with little experience??
What i mean is that i have worked on our family farm all my life and i can do the basic tractor and animal stuff and have got experience in that its just our machinery we use is pretty old (ford 3000 and case 585) and i have no experience in using new tractors or machines. From what i see in videos they are like spaceships haha Plus we dont do slurry nor do we have those huge silage trailors?? i would also like to work with a dairy herd but we do beef

I hope this makes sense and thanks for reading

whelan1

fair play to you for your honesty. Have had a few guys here over the years that could say mass:rolleyes: if some one is willing to learn etc i would have no problem taking them on

mf240

oasis12 wrote: »

I was wonderin if any farmer would employ a farm labourer with little experience??
What i mean is that i have worked on our family farm all my life and i can do the basic tractor and animal stuff and have got experience in that its just our machinery we use is pretty old (ford 3000 and case 585) and i have no experience in using new tractors or machines. From what i see in videos they are like spaceships haha Plus we dont do slurry nor do we have those huge silage trailors?? i would also like to work with a dairy herd but we do beef

I hope this makes sense and thanks for reading

You sound like you have a good attitude which is the most important thing.
Nothing as bad as a know it all.

caseman

oasis12 wrote: »

I was wonderin if any farmer would employ a farm labourer with little experience??
What i mean is that i have worked on our family farm all my life and i can do the basic tractor and animal stuff and have got experience in that its just our machinery we use is pretty old (ford 3000 and case 585) and i have no experience in using new tractors or machines. From what i see in videos they are like spaceships haha Plus we dont do slurry nor do we have those huge silage trailors?? i would also like to work with a dairy herd but we do beef

I hope this makes sense and thanks for reading

Everybody has to gain experience at some time.If you'll work for low wages at the start and get the experince.
New tractors and machines are general easier to use just bigger.

pakalasa

Attitude and basic 'Cop on' go a long way and you seem to have that. Just be honest and don't be afraid to ask when you don't know.

kerryted

I Worked as a farm laborer back in 80s and early 90s and must say i enjoyed it . i traveled around Ireland worked my way up the east coast usually spending about a year on each farm , I loved the large farms where there was a lot going on .as we had a small place at home i soon got in to the swing of large scale Dairy farming, Had great tales to tell the folks back home about the big farms i worked on and milking 200+ cows, sure i thought i was a great fellow , some places i would live in as part of family and treated as part of family and some times been treated better than the son at home, work was easy to get back than i use to just pick up the journal and ring , No interviews or references required just show up and start working and after about a week than they would know what your like and than you could organize a good deal for yourself. but than the building boom started and the rest is history A farm laborer was kind of frowned on in this country and not seen as a very good job its different in the UK where its treated as a real job I some times think there is a book in there somewhere , like confessions of a farm laborer or something

pms7

I like your attitude. I'd prefer to be asked lots of questions than a fella saying nothing and making a mess of it.

oasis12

thanks for the replys everyone u have reassured me and i suppose ur right u do have to start somewhere its just i dont want to turn up and just wreck the boys tractor or machine on the first week Thanks

IrishLad2012

If your careful in what you do and use your head,you won't wreck anything.Honesty is the main thing and like someone else said,if you don't know ask.

Manoffeeling

oasis12 wrote: »

I was wonderin if any farmer would employ a farm labourer with little experience??
What i mean is that i have worked on our family farm all my life and i can do the basic tractor and animal stuff and have got experience in that its just our machinery we use is pretty old (ford 3000 and case 585) and i have no experience in using new tractors or machines. From what i see in videos they are like spaceships haha Plus we dont do slurry nor do we have those huge silage trailors?? i would also like to work with a dairy herd but we do beef

I hope this makes sense and thanks for reading

You would be what a farmer would want. No showing off and being a little manneane. I drive occasionally for a guy with fairly fresh tractors. The boys won't drive a 7840 because they say it's a pile of ****e. They never drove a bad yolk. The 7840 to me is a rolls Royce.

DK man

kerryted wrote: »

I Worked as a farm laborer back in 80s and early 90s and must say i enjoyed it . i traveled around Ireland worked my way up the east coast usually spending about a year on each farm , I loved the large farms where there was a lot going on .as we had a small place at home i soon got in to the swing of large scale Dairy farming, Had great tales to tell the folks back home about the big farms i worked on and milking 200+ cows, sure i thought i was a great fellow , some places i would live in as part of family and treated as part of family and some times been treated better than the son at home, work was easy to get back than i use to just pick up the journal and ring , No interviews or references required just show up and start working and after about a week than they would know what your like and than you could organize a good deal for yourself. but than the building boom started and the rest is history A farm laborer was kind of frowned on in this country and not seen as a very good job its different in the UK where its treated as a real job I some times think there is a book in there somewhere , like confessions of a farm laborer or something

I hope u weren't treated better than the husband! Maybe there is a book there then 'fifty shades of hay'...

kerryted

DK man wrote: »

I hope u weren't treated better than the husband! Maybe there is a book there then 'fifty shades of hay'...

Good one DK Great name for a book I would not like to tell too much on here ,but i will tell you one funny story what happened I was squeezing weanlings one time and the said farmers wife was giving me a hand , not a hand job by the way but this weanling kicked back hit your one and she passed out in the crush , seemingly she used to pass out quite a bit she sure frightened the ****e out of me ,

valtra8150

oasis12 wrote: »

thanks for the replys everyone u have reassured me and i suppose ur right u do have to start somewhere its just i dont want to turn up and just wreck the boys tractor or machine on the first week Thanks

if you take you time with the machines and tractors and use your head you wont do much rong, and if you dont know how to use something ask him, and always check tractors/ diggers for engine oil slurry tankers mowers agators etc for gear box oil

johnstown

What's the going rate for a good casual labourer in your area, for a few days here and there and do you go through the books?

kevthegaff

johnstown wrote: »

What's the going rate for a good casual labourer in your area, for a few days here and there and do you go through the books?

i have a young lad was giving 25 a milking now 30 and 7 euros an hour for general labour. hes good but had to train him