Farm Jobs.

stretch film

Finding a good worker is without doubt the most frustrating part of this job. Anyone looking for work near waterford . No time wasters please.
Sad to report a regular poster here failed to turn up as arranged recently and seemed incapable of working their phone . have seen them posting since so I'm glad they're still alive anyway.

whelan2

your head will be wrecked , next time i am looking for someone i am going to get frs or an agency to find someone, cant be doing with all the crap that goes with getting a worker

stretch film

whelan2 wrote: »

your head will be wrecked , next time i am looking for someone i am going to get frs or an agency to find someone, cant be doing with all the crap that goes with getting a worker

The frustration wont end there im afraid. As recently as today I've hit a brick wall down that avenue .

whelan2

stretch film wrote: »

The frustration wont end there im afraid. As recently as today I've hit a brick wall down that avenue .

dont put an ad in the journal anyway, i had to turn my phone off, some peoples idea of experience is that they watched their granny hand milking cows

Timmaay

Reading threads like this make me consider a robot milker again ha!

RightTurnClyde

whelan2 wrote: »

your head will be wrecked , next time i am looking for someone i am going to get frs or an agency to find someone, cant be doing with all the crap that goes with getting a worker

Don't expect anything special from Frs, hard to expect them to hire anyone good when you see the numpties that run the frs itself. ( well my branch anyway)

kerryjack

any young lad that was any good have left the country and whats left are happy enough to draw the dole . Go in to your local DSP Office and tell them you need a lad and make a big show that you have a job and no one to fill Its there job to find someone for you. if some lad is offered a job he has to take it or his money will be cut and rightly so

whelan2

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Don't expect anything special from Frs, hard to expect them to hire anyone good when you see the numpties that run the frs itself. ( well my branch anyway)

ah i know that but its their problem to hire and fire

whelan2

kerryjack wrote: »

any young lad that was any good have left the country and whats left are happy enough to draw the dole . Go in to your local DSP Office and tell them you need a lad and make a big show that you have a job and no one to fill Its there job to find someone for you. if some lad is offered a job he has to take it or his money will be cut and rightly so

but that person probably wouldnt want the job so probably would put in the effort in the job

ekimiam

hi stretch, I came to this thread to ask how to find farm work! is it ok to PM you?

Kevin the sheep

kerryjack wrote: »

any young lad that was any good have left the country and whats left are happy enough to draw the dole .

So every young person left here now is no good I've worked on dairy farms for last 10 years and I'm dam good at it could have went on the buildings in boom but said no I'd stick with what I was at always said it couldn't last could have went with my friends to aus but no id stick with what I was at my hard working friends are the ones who are still here working and the lazy ones are the ones who left the hard workers always had work because they were good so to say the good are gone and lazy asses are here is bull plenty of good lads out there put in add min of four five years experience that will get rid of the ones lookin at there granny milking a cow

larrymiller

stretch film wrote: »

Finding a good worker is without doubt the most frustrating part of this job. Anyone looking for work near waterford . No time wasters please.
Sad to report a regular poster here failed to turn up as arranged recently and seemed incapable of working their phone . have seen them posting since so I'm glad they're still alive anyway.

What side of Waterford are you on and what kind of work?

whelan2

Kevin the sheep wrote: »

kerryjack wrote: »

any young lad that was any good have left the country and whats left are happy enough to draw the dole .

So every young person left here now is no good I've worked on dairy farms for last 10 years and I'm dam good at it could have went on the buildings in boom but said no I'd stick with what I was at always said it couldn't last could have went with my friends to aus but no id stick with what I was at my hard working friends are the ones who are still here working and the lazy ones are the ones who left the hard workers always had work because they were good so to say the good are gone and lazy asses are here is bull plenty of good lads out there put in add min of four five years experience that will get rid of the ones lookin at there granny milking a cow

but lads will still chance their arm and ring for a chat, fine you will get those that are genuine but its very hard to keep track when there are so many calls that are not suitable

the_syco

kerryjack wrote: »

Go in to your local DSP Office and tell them you need a lad and make a big show that you have a job and no one to fill Its there job to find someone for you. if some lad is offered a job he has to take it or his money will be cut and rightly so

And when you get some muppet who cases out your farm and takes even the kitchen sink? Nay. Pick one yourself.

Also, how much are you willing to pay? Although you may get someone who sees it as a calling, underpay them and they'll wise up and move on.

Mad4simmental

Kevin the sheep wrote: »

kerryjack wrote: »

any young lad that was any good have left the country and whats left are happy enough to draw the dole .

So every young person left here now is no good I've worked on dairy farms for last 10 years and I'm dam good at it could have went on the buildings in boom but said no I'd stick with what I was at always said it couldn't last could have went with my friends to aus but no id stick with what I was at my hard working friends are the ones who are still here working and the lazy ones are the ones who left the hard workers always had work because they were good so to say the good are gone and lazy asses are here is bull plenty of good lads out there put in add min of four five years experience that will get rid of the ones lookin at there granny milking a cow

I have no doubt that you are good at what you do. I also have no doubt that anyone that wants work in Ireland can get it. I went to oz for 5 years and I can tell you that if any of the lazy ones went over there they didn't last very long.

Any one that wants work can get it. The same for any one that wants to work for them selves and start their own buisness. It's about how much drive you have in you no matter what the industry. People who want to sit on their hole will. The longer they do the less employable they become.

I left Ireland with notting. I came back & am starting to built my house cash, bought a small suckler herd and started two buisness. You get as much out of life as you put into it simple as that.

moy83

I think its mad that people dont want to work on farms . If I was young and at a loose end I'd jump at it , fresh air , loads of variety like operating machinery , handling stock , looking after land and seeing beef , lamb and milk right from start to finish .
You could never get as bored at it as you would working in an office or construction or something like that .

Kevin the sheep

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Ha :-)

whelan2

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i have 1 rule here, i never ask any one to do a job i wouldnt do myself

kerryjack

unfortunately working for a farmer in Ireland has never been treated like a proper job I dont know why this is but a farm laborer has all way been looked down on I think it dates back to the time children were taken out of industrial schools and sent out to work on large farms for there keep its different in the UK and i would advise any young lad thats interested in farming to make a career for them selves there.

farming93

Shouldnt it be up to the Agricultural colleges to be producing well trained students (i.e) eliminating the poor host farmers would be a great start! I learnt little or nothing from two placements (except cleaning up the yards). I only started getting proper experience when I left college to work full time on a farm. I know a lot of people who are great workers but with the abuse they have to put up with farmers why should they go seeking jobs in this industry?? (No offence intended to anyone on this site, but this is just from personal experience)

Cow Porter

Tom Browne commented on farm labour last week. saying along the lines of:

we are after missing a generation of people from farming, and its hard to blame them as they could make money easier from building, and we could not compete with the level of pay. If we could get back in to the old scheme like the farm apprenticeship board. there is no point in sending your son to an ag college without getting practical experience, ok they need the skills for computers etc but where are all the stockmen gone? there are people coming out of ag college never thought to handle stock, treat when sick, or calve a cow. Whats coming out of the ag colleges, there grand, they can use computers etc but there not trained as stockmen, there not there and it will be a serious problem going foward.

Sam Kade

I could write a book about the farmer I worked with as a farm apprentice in the 80's. I started there before Christmas first week he gave me the lovely job breaking through 6" of solid concrete with a hammer and chisel for stalls in calving pens. I had to dig 20 holes in all to take railway rails :mad: His son breezed in from school on his bike the first day and asked me how I was going I was fit to throw the hammer and chisel at him. It went downhill from there.

moy83

With the amount of older farmers here aswell a partnership that would help someone start their own herd on a farm they are working on until they could go on their own would be a great help both to farmer and employee

whelan2

Cow Porter wrote: »

Tom Browne commented on farm labour last week. saying along the lines of:

we are after missing a generation of people from farming, and its hard to blame them as they could make money easier from building, and we could not compete with the level of pay. If we could get back in to the old scheme like the farm apprenticeship board. there is no point in sending your son to an ag college without getting practical experience, ok they need the skills for computers etc but where are all the stockmen gone? there are people coming out of ag college never thought to handle stock, treat when sick, or calve a cow. Whats coming out of the ag colleges, there grand, they can use computers etc but there not trained as stockmen, there not there and it will be a serious problem going foward.

its a bit like alot of the young vets with zero practical experience

vinnie13

Iv got 3 nice handy maintenance jobs lately because lads just weren't bothered going or made excuses .I will admit the money is not the best but its better than empty pockets.
Keep looking anyway there is someone going mad for a bit of work.