The blunt job advertisements placed by a South Canterbury dairy farmer have attracted plenty of attention.

Fancy sharing a cold portacom with rodents? Are you OK with drug testing at your job interview?



A South Canterbury dairy farmer wants you - on minimum wage.



Two job adverts placed by a farmer in The Timaru Herald have turned heads - and possibly stomachs - over the bluntly honest working conditions described.

In one, the successful candidate would be provided with "old house accommodation" and applicants subject to "drug testing at interview" and "police vetting".

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123RF.COM Don't mind the rats in your accommodation - they'll only come in at night.

It also stated that "rodents sometimes get into the house, but only at night".

In the second advert the accommodation provided was a "portacom" on a "dusty track that services two farms".

DAISY HUDSON/FAIRFAX NZ Applicants can expect the minimum wage and a drug test at the interview.

The adverts have prompted multiple calls to the Timaru newsroom, with readers asking whether they are legitimate - and some even suggesting they had been written in order to deliberately discourage local workers from applying.

Tell me this is a joke. Please — Darien Fenton (@DarienFenton) June 12, 2017

In a statement, the farmer who placed the ads confirmed the ads were genuine.

He said staff on his farms were "like my family and they are not just numbers on a piece of paper".

"They do a great job for my farm and I was frustrated I had to do a job application to see if anyone else was interested in the positions."

The ads have generated plenty of discussion online, with hundreds of comments appearing on social media after the ads were posted.

Keen to work on a dairy farm? pic.twitter.com/wQNZa1YUjY — Duncan Garner (@DuncanGarnerNZ) June 11, 2017

The AM Show host Duncan Garner tweeted a photo of the ads before commenting "Headline should read: SLAVES REQUIRED".

Minimum wage and Rodents?? Where do I sign? — Dingo Dave (@DingoDaveNZ) June 12, 2017

David Johnston posted "I wonder if this employer complains about how millennials want everything handed to them on a platter".

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