Farm Technician (Arable)

The Farm technician is responsible for supporting the daily planning, organisation, supervision and administration of activities on the farm. You will be required to assist with day to day duties on the Farm to support both our commercial operations and our students studying land-based qualifications. Training to use specialist equipment and systems will be offered.

We are looking for relevant industry experience and formal industry tickets to support the work required on the land. Ideally you will have some experience of working with young people, record keeping and online farm management systems.
As part of your role you will contribute to the wider College health and safety activity and therefore you should have a good understanding of health and safety and be prepared to undertake training in these areas e.g. first aid.

This post is based at our Suffolk Rural campus however Suffolk New College is a multi-campus site therefore you may be required to work at and travel between campuses for training., Disability Confident
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