Solway College
Sharemilker Kaiwhakahaere Mīraka Kau
Sharemilkers either milk a dairy farmer's cows for a profit share, or own a herd of cows and milk them on an owner's land for a profit share.
Sharemilkers may do some or all of the following:
- provide labour, shed costs, electricity and vehicles on farms
- own, manage and milk herds of cows
- manage farming activities on behalf of farm owners
- be responsible for calf rearing and cattle reproduction
- negotiate profit-sharing contracts with dairy owners or farm companies
- buy and sell livestock
- follow health and safety and wellbeing procedures.
Physical Requirements
Sharemilkers need to have a good level of fitness as dairy farm work can be physically demanding.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for sharemilkers includes:
- working with animals
- farm, forestry, engineering or labouring work
- using technology
- driving farm vehicles and machinery
- managing a business.
Personal Qualities
Sharemilkers need to be:
- confident and caring with animals
- practical
- hardworking and motivated
- responsible
- willing to learn
- able to work under pressure and in a team.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for sharemilkers includes:
- working with animals
- farm, forestry, engineering or labouring work
- using technology
- driving farm vehicles and machinery
- managing a business.
Subject Recommendations
No specific secondary education is required for this job, but agricultural and horticultural science, digital technologies, maths and English to at least NCEA Level 2 are useful.
Sharemilkers can earn around $64K-$97K per year per year.
Chances of getting a job as a Sharemilker are good due to a shortage of people interested in this type of work.
Sharemilkers may progress to other roles in the dairy industry such as:
Sharemilkers can specialise in a number of roles, including:
- Contract Milker
- Contract milkers pay for a percentage of the farm costs (without owning the cows) and receive a set price per kilogram of milk solids.
- Variable or Lower Order Sharemilker
- Variable or lower order sharemilkers manage farm property and are paid a percentage of milk income.
- Herd Owning or 50:50 Sharemilker
- Herd owning or 50:50 sharemilkers supply the herd and operate the farm for its owner.
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