Surfing Goat Dairy 3651 Omaopio Rd. Kula, HI 96790

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1 Surfing Goat Dairy 3651 Omaopio Rd. Kula, HI Internship/Apprenticeship Application & Questionnaire Name: Address: Phone Number: How did you hear about our Dairy: Questions: 1. What is the time period that you will be available? (List the month starting and ending) Please keep in mind that we ask for a minimum commitment of 6 months for interns and 1 year for apprentices. Age: M/F: Birthday: Best time to reach you: Answers: 2. What experience do you have with goats? 3. What experience do you have with cheesemaking? 4. What is your culinary experience? 5. What are you currently doing, career or school wise? 6. What are your goals in becoming an apprentice or intern? 7. What do you want to do once you have completed the program? 8. Describe the type of farm Phone: (808) Fax: (808) info@surfinggoatdairy.com

2 experience and skills in which you are most interested in learning. Please mention at least 3 specific areas of interest. 9. Please list schools you have attended, degrees and/or major areas of study or training. 10. Please attach a resume or provide a list of work experience, both paid and volunteer. 11. What do you perceive will be your reaction to living and learning with new and unknown people in a rural area? 12. Do you smoke? If yes, please explain the frequency. 13. Do you have any dietary restrictions? 14. How do you feel about the fact that we may sell our goats for meat and not just pets or to other farms? 15. Do you have your driver s license? If so, how long have you been driving? Have you had any accidents? Do you feel comfortable making deliveries? 16. Do you have any relevant medical conditions or physical limitations that will affect your ability to do farm work, or any emotional or psychological issues? If so, please explain: 17. Do you have any strong ideological views (political, religious, feminist, etc)? If so, please explain: 18. Please share three things about yourself that you think would help us better grasp who you are as a person. 19. Please list three things you think people should know about living

3 with you. 20. Are you an only child? If not, how many brothers and/or sisters do you have? 21. Have you traveled away from home before by yourself? If so, please explain: If not, please explain why you have chosen this as your first trip and why you are prepared for it. 22. Do you have any allergies? If so, what? 23. Do you drink? How often? 24. Do you take any regular medications? 25. Do you use any kind of recreational drug? If so, what and how often? 26. Have you had any previous problems working in the heat? 27. What are your expectations for the farm? Your living arrangements and so forth? 28. You will be working a 40 hour work week, do you prefer to work 4 10 hour days or 5 8 hour days? 29. Are you ok being a sole apprentice or intern at the farm at a time? 30. What drew you to our farm? 31. Are you comfortable with all kinds of animals? 32. Do you have specific days you need off? If so, what is the reason for this? 33. What kind of learner are you? Do you prefer hands on with explanation or reading information and then hands on experience?

4 34. How do you feel about repetitive work like packing cheeses or waxing cheese? 35. What are your hobbies, interests and skills that may not pertain to this program? 36. Please explain your experience with a dishwasher. Washing Machine. Dryer. Please note: There is a $50 application fee for interns and a $100 application fee for apprentices. You can mail a check in, your credit card information along with your application, or call your number in. Once you have been accepted to the program and you confirm you will be attending, you will be required to put down a $200 deposit within 30 days or you will have to reapply. If you complete the terms of your agreement you will get that back, however if you leave earlier than the agreed upon time, you will forfeit your deposit. We have found with previous interns and apprentices, if you lie on your application to get into the program, we quickly realize it and for the most part the situation will not work for us or the intern/apprentice. The more open and honest applicants are during the selection process, the better their experience will be while they are here. We would like to note that our past experience with vegetarian interns and apprentices did not go so well. There are two reasons for this: a) Since most of the meals are communal plus being surrounded by meat-eaters, for the most part the vegetarians tend to not eat really well and don t enjoy meals with everyone else. b) The other reason being that we do sell our kids to slaughter and we have had very negative experiences with vegetarians not wanting this or being able to handle it.

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