BAKER & ASSOCIATES 2010 DAIRY SURVEY
 

For information regarding the Remuneration Surveys please contact Emily Beetham, Employment Services Manager:

Phone: (06) 378 8174

Mobile: 027 225 2261

Email: emily@bakerag.co.nz

 

 

Your Details
  Name:
  Address:
Phone/Fax:
Email:

General Questions
1. We wish to calculate a farm staff-to-cows ratio e.g. 150 cows per full-time labour unit. Please indicate the number of people working on the farm irrespective of whether a salary is paid i.e. include farm owner’s time and any 'unpaid' labour. (we will use the peak cow numbers from the next page in this survey).

Fulltime Staff (40+ hrs/wk)

Part-time Staff (20-40 hrs)

Part-time Staff (<20 hrs)
2. Do your employees have written employment agreements?
3.

Do you carry out formal reviews with your employees?
  Are salaries reviewed at a specific date?
4. Do you pay a bonus as part of a remuneration package?
  If so, on what basis? (eg. last pay before Xmas is doubled)

  
5. Have you revised salaries in the last
  By what percentage? %
6. Have you increased/decreased the size of your business in the last two years?
  By what percentage in land area? %
7. Have you increased/decreased your number of staff in the last two years?
  By how many?
8. What is the average number of hours worked by your permanent staff per week, outside of calving period? (Please state if estimated or actual)

hrs/wk
Do you keep a formal record of hours worked by your staff?

9. Do you carry out any formal staff training?
  If so, in what form?
eg. ITO training, Animal Production, First Aid course

  
10. How many hours would you or a member of your team spend specifically on training other members of the farm team?

Per week OR

Per month
11. Do your staff hold any farming or tertiary qualification?
  If so, what?
eg. Taratahi graduate, Lincoln graduate

  
12. What further training opportunities should the industry provide? Suggestions: Feed Budget/Nutrition/Financial Management/Shed Hygiene/Animal Health

  
13. If you had the opportunity to attend Employer training, what would you be interested in?

  
     
 

 

TRENDS AND ISSUES
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Neither
disagree or agree
Agree
Strongly agree
Staff retention is not a significant problem for your farm.
The calibre of staff applying for dairy farm positions is of a high standard.
There is a great career pathway in dairy farming.
The conditions of employment and remuneration in the dairy industry are better than other industries.
Dairy farming provides an excellent lifestyle.
Recent marketing from the Dairy sector has positively affected the calibre of staff applying for work.
Staff are happy with the amount of time off they have currently.
Your staff are happy, and most days enjoy what they are doing.
Training staff on farm is a worthwhile exercise.
You set very clear goals and objectives for your farm staff.
You regularly provide staff with opportunities to review and discuss their performance.
The Holidays Act can work to cater for the specific requirements of dairy farming.
You feel competent/confident in dealing with staff employment contracts.
Yes
No
You feel competent/confident in resolving staff/employer disputes.
Yes
No
You feel competent/confident in advertising/recruiting for new staff.
Yes
No
You feel competent/confident that you meet all employer obligations under current employment law, -and PAYE/Kiwisaver payroll obligations.
Yes
No
Please provide any other comments you feel may be useful.

 

 

DESIGNATIONS/ BENEFITS & REIMBURSEMENTS

Postion Size Peak Annual Salary/Wage
Gross Value of Benefits
Gross Value of Reimbersements
(please refer to designations listed below) (ha) Cows (Taxable) Housing Training Time Electricity Vehicle KiwiSaver Superannuation Meat & Stores Clothing Dogs Phone
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%
2%

 

 

PART-TIME STAFF or RELIEF MILKERS
Postion Size Peak $ Hourly Rate or $ Per Milking
Gross Value of Benefits
Gross Value of Reimbersements
(please refer to designations listed below) (ha) Cows (Taxable) Housing Training Time Electricity Vehicle KiwiSaver Superannuation Meat & Stores Clothing Dogs Phone
2%
2%
2%

 

Designations

Farm Manager
  • Restricted financial control (day-to-day buying & selling but not major budgeting or planning decision making).
  • May employ an/or manage staff
  • Responsible for monitoring programme
  • Has some input on farm policy & implementation
  • Responsible for timing and carrying out key operations

Herd Manager  or

Shed manager or

2IC
  • Responsible for stock movement & management
  • Animal health programme
  • Mating management
  • Responsible for shed hygiene
  • Feed budgeting and monitoring
  • May include staff delegation responsibility
  • Capable of managing farm in owner/manager’s absence
Senior Farm Staff Manager
  • Milks the cows with designated operational responsibilities
  • Capable of running the farm for maximum of a week
  • Limited direction of other farm staff
General Farm Staff
  • Milks the cows and involved in daily farm operations with limited responsibility
  • Typically 2-4 years full-time experience
  • Requires supervision
Part-time Worker
  • Paid on an hourly rate
  • Hired on a reasonably regular basis
Relief Milker
  • Paid on a contract basis e.g. per milking