Luis A. Mendoza
Farm Worker, Dairy Milking and Herd Care
Jerome, ID · (208) 555 0134 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/luisamendoza
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Five years of dairy work, three as a lead milker on a 2,400 cow operation
SETTINGS
2,400 cow dairy with a double 40 parallel parlor milking three times a day
SPECIALTIES
Parlor milking, fresh cow checks, mastitis detection, artificial insemination, calf feeding
SYSTEMS
DeLaval parlor equipment, DairyComp 305 herd records, Afimilk activity monitoring, skid steer
CREDENTIALS
Artificial insemination training, animal care training, pesticide handler training
EDUCATION
High school diploma, Magic Valley High School
Executive Summary
Dairy farm worker with five years on a 2,400 cow operation, three of them as a lead milker on the night shift in a double 40 parallel parlor. Milks, moves and monitors cows through three milkings a day, treats fresh cows under the herd veterinarian's protocol and keeps somatic cell counts where the milk cooperative pays a premium. Trained in artificial insemination and calf care.
Signature Achievements
- Leads a four person night milking crew that milks about 2,400 cows in seven and a half hours per shift, inside the farm's eight hour target.
- Held the bulk tank somatic cell count under 150,000 for 14 straight months on the night shift, earning the cooperative quality premium.
- Catches about 25 clinical mastitis cases a month at the first quarter strip and pulls them before milk enters the tank.
- Bred about 900 cows a year by artificial insemination with a conception rate of 41 percent on the herd record.
- Kept the milking crew at zero lost time injuries for three years while training six new milkers.
Professional Experience
Lead Milker, Night Shift
Snake River Plains Dairy, Jerome, ID June 2023 to present
2,400 cow dairy milking three times a day in a double 40 parallel parlor; leads a crew of four on the night milking
- Milk about 2,400 cows a shift following the farm's prep routine of strip, dip, wipe and attach with a 90 second lag time.
- Check fresh cows each shift for appetite, temperature and discharge and treat under the veterinarian's written protocol.
- Detect mastitis at the strip cup, mark the cow, treat and record it in DairyComp 305 so the milk is diverted.
- Move cow groups to and from the parlor with a skid steer and gates and wash the parlor and holding pen after each milking.
- Train new milkers on the prep routine and cow handling and assign stations on the crew.
Milker and Calf Feeder
Camas Prairie Holsteins, Gooding, ID March 2021 to June 2023
800 cow dairy milking twice a day with a calf barn of about 120 calves
- Milked in a double 16 herringbone parlor and cleaned the equipment after each shift.
- Fed and bedded about 120 calves twice a day and treated scours under the farm protocol.
- Completed artificial insemination school and began breeding cows under the herdsman.
Certifications and Training
Artificial insemination training school, Genex Cooperative, completed 2022
Farmers Assuring Responsible Management animal care training, National Milk Producers Federation, completed 2023
Worker Protection Standard pesticide handler training, renewed 2025
Education
High school diploma, Magic Valley High School, Jerome, 2020
Core Skills
Parallel parlor milking · Fresh cow monitoring · Mastitis detection · Artificial insemination · Calf feeding · DairyComp 305 records · Skid steer operation · Cow handling · Parlor sanitation · New milker training