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Farm worker cover letter: example and tips
A complete cover letter for farm worker jobs in Switzerland, what recruiters in the field look for, and the openings available right now.
What the recruiter wants to read
- Your federal certificate in farming (or winegrowing, fruit growing, market gardening) or experience on the farm.
- The work you master: livestock, milking, arable crops, vineyards, farm machinery.
- Your licence (B, G for tractors), stamina and seasonal availability.
A complete example
Names and facts are made up: replace each one with your own. A copied letter shows, an adapted one gets read.
Subject: Application for the farm worker position
Dear Mr and Mrs Rouiller,
Your farm is looking for a worker for dairy and arable work. I grew up on a farm and have worked for five years as an employee on a mixed farm in the Broye region.
With a federal certificate in farming, I look after robotic milking for 60 cows at the Chassot family farm, feeding and calf care, as well as sowing, spraying and harvesting with the farm’s machinery. I do routine tractor maintenance myself.
Your organic farm interests me: it is a conversion I would like to experience from the inside.
I am available from 1 March and hold a category B driving licence. I would gladly come and spend a day on your farm.
Kind regards,
Florian Chassot
The structure, paragraph by paragraph
The opening
the job, and what draws you to this particular employer.
What you bring
two or three requirements from the listing, each backed by a fact.
Why them
what you know about the employer and what the job would give you.
The close
when you can start, and a request for an interview.
Our cover letter guide covers the Swiss layout, the sign-off and the mistakes that cost an interview.
Farm worker openings right now
There are 28 openings in this field across Switzerland today, 4 of them posted in the last seven days.
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