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Camile

Hello,

I just wanted to ask what was the going rate for someone helping out on a farm ?

It's a 140 acres dairy farm with 40 milking cows and a limousine bull ... and the job is general mucking, feeding, repairs and so on ..

A dog strayed in to us last week, and the owner is the farmer ... and he offerred me a job for a couple of hours/days a week, flexible to suit anything I have to do at home ...

hurray ! and on top of that, it's barely 2 miles down the road .. so within walking/cycling distance ...

so am I what you would call a cowboy ? without the horse but I could ride the billy !

Camile

blowin · Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:35 am Post subject:

The going rate is invariably double what you are prepared to pay if you want someone to work for you , or half of what you ask if you are going to work for someone else .
Don't worry about being a cowboy without a horse . There are plenty of cowboy tradesmen with no skill so I think you will be outstanding in your chosen career Wink

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Casual labour around here is 10 euro / hour for cash-in-hand . Good luck Wink

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Nice one mate. Very Happy

You will have to change your handle though. Quick Draw Camile dont have the right ring to it me thinks. How about "Jake" Very Happy

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Camile · Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:45 am Post subject:

QuickDraw Gerry reporting ...

I've worked a good few hours and it's class .. and I'm getting 10euros /h ... so it's not bad I think ...

knowing that I have no qualification or skills as such .. I had never driven a tractor or milked a cow ... I now know how to drive one ..

and will learn how to milk fairly soon ... although I allready came home with some milk ... wouhou !

Camile

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

That is, Drive a tractor and not the other? Laughing

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