TY work experience

seanlaaad

Hi guys does anybody know if you can do Transition Year work experience on a farm?

whelan2

seanlaaad wrote: »

Hi guys does anybody know if you can do Transition Year work experience on a farm?

yes but apparently you cant be related to the person

Mf310

Probably learn more on a farm because big operations such as guards or that cant let you do the good jobs and leave you with filing of papers or something whereas farmer could let you on a tractor no bother

ganmo

Mf310 wrote: »

Probably learn more on a farm because big operations such as guards or that cant let you do the good jobs and leave you with filing of papers or something whereas farmer could let you on a tractor no bother

wouldn't let a ty student near machinery!

Mf310

ganmo wrote:

wouldn't let a ty student near machinery!

If they were used to driving machinery ya would theres 16 year olds drawing silage every summer

ganmo

Mf310 wrote: »

If they were used to driving machinery ya would theres 16 year olds drawing silage every summer

then why would they want to do something they have experience of already?

Base price

seanlaaad wrote: »

Hi guys does anybody know if you can do Transition Year work experience on a farm?

As far as I know you can but as Whelan said you cannot be related to the farmer. Farmer has to provide insurance cover the same as any other sector.
If you are from a farm it is good experience to work for other farmers. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

J.O. Farmer

Base price wrote: »

As far as I know you can but as Whelan said you cannot be related to the farmer. Farmer has to provide insurance cover the same as any other sector.
If you are from a farm it is good experience to work for other farmers. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

It's good experience but in ty where you only do 1-2 weeks it may be better to get exposure to something totally different to give an idea of what working in a different sector is like and therefore help decide whether it's something worth pursuing or not.
If you are from a farming background you will already know whether you like it or not.

Reggie.

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

It's good experience but in ty where you only do 1-2 weeks it may be better to get exposure to something totally different to give an idea of what working in a different sector is like and therefore help decide whether it's something worth pursuing or not.
If you are from a farming background you will already know whether you like it or not.

I know we do bring in a group or 2 week's or so and they get basic introduction

Muckit

There's a lad in Mullingar looking for a young driver to pilot a new Landini l hear. No experience necessary. All training will b provided. One of the additional modules included is a FETAC level 5 in mig welding

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

There's a lad in Mullingar looking for a young driver to pilot a new Landini l hear. No experience necessary. All training will b provided. One of the additional modules included is a FETAC level 5 in mig welding

Swine

Sam Kade

seanlaaad wrote: »

Hi guys does anybody know if you can do Transition Year work experience on a farm?

Whatever you do dont go onto a farm and say Hi guys.

whelan2

Had 2 calls recently from Mammies looking for their kids to do placement here. The first mother I havent spoken to since primary school and I'd say the young lad has never stood on a farm. The other was from a woman I only know from talking to on the internet and she lives in another county. Why cant the kids look for placement themselves, is Mammy going to always do everything for them?
Had a young lad here doing his Lca placement here one day a week for 5th and 6th year, wasnt from a farm, but had the cop on to get on with it. Eldest lad is going to our vets for a week in February, he asked them himself

Sam Kade

whelan2 wrote: »

Had 2 calls recently from Mammies looking for their kids to do placement here. The first mother I havent spoken to since primary school and I'd say the young lad has never stood on a farm. The other was from a woman I only know from talking to on the internet and she lives in another county. Why cant the kids look for placement themselves, is Mammy going to always do everything for them?
Had a young lad here doing his Lca placement here one day a week for 5th and 6th year, wasnt from a farm, but had the cop on to get on with it. Eldest lad is going to our vets for a week in February, he asked them himself

Which one are you going to take on? Mammies boy 1 or mammies boy 2

whelan2

Sam Kade wrote: »

Which one are you going to take on? Mammies boy 1 or mammies boy 2

Neither, find it hard to look after myself during February never mind babysit someone elses kids.

Sam Kade

Talking of mammies boys I had a neighbour one time that took on every young fella in the neighbourhood and a term spent with him was like joining the American army, he could turn the laziest young fella into a hard working man in a few weeks. Different story nowadays though, back then the younger generation respected their elders nowadays they'd tell you to fcuk off.

Who2

Sam Kade wrote: »

Talking of mammies boys I had a neighbour one time that took on every young fella in the neighbourhood and a term spent with him was like joining the American army, he could turn the laziest young fella into a hard working man in a few weeks. Different story nowadays though, back then the younger generation respected their elders nowadays they'd tell you to fcuk off.

There's a couple of lads that used to work for me that have young lads coming on and a few of them have sent them on for summer work and weekends. One father said to me that he's hoping I either turn him into a worker or scare him enough to study harder.

Boaty

In TY I did one day a week for 6 months, coming from a large town I had no experience of being on a farm but the farmer had nothing to lose so he took me on.

I gained alot out of it, it gave me a big interest in farming and gave me the edge when it came to the agricultural science project for the Leaving Cert as I was able to talk about my previous experience. Which resulted in me getting an A.

The farmer also gained from it, I was able to assist him in jobs which he wouldn't of been able to do himself while his son was at college, such as hanging gates, setting up a crush, herd sheep etc. He also got asked me to come up and help him out numerous times after the work experience

So for those of unsure about taking on a TY student, go for it!

I loved it so much I'd happily work on a farm for free for a few hours a week.