Coverage runs from Monday afternoon (5pm) through Monday morning (6am)

Main Responsibilities

• Nightly Monday thru Sunday – push feed and fetch cows (any time between 9pm and 12am)
• Handle all after hours (5pm – 6am) robot alarms
• Handle after hours emergencies – cows, equipment, and facilities
• Cover all weekend chores – Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening

Weekend chores includes:

• Saturday afternoon:
  1. push feed
  2. fetch cows
  3. fresh cows and new calves
  4. feed calves
  5. CHANGE FILTER
• Sunday morning:
  1. fetch cows
  2. mix feed for all groups
  3. fresh cows and new calves
  4. CHANGE FILTER
• Sunday afternoon:
  1. push feed,
  2. fetch cows,
  3. feed calves,
  4. CHANGE FILTER

On either Saturday or Sunday (but not both in the same weekend), it is okay to delay the afternoon work until around 7pm, and then do it all together with the night work.  In that case, do it in this order:

1. Push feed (heifers, dry cows, and cows)
2. Milk any of the Always Milk cows that have been in the holding pen for a long time (more than 2 or 3 hours)
3. Fetch some of the top overdue cows,
4. Feed calves
5. Change filter
6. Finish fetching cows
7. Push feed again