Livestock Farm Worker

Overview

Livestock Farm Workers perform routine tasks in livestock, egg and wool production.

Day-to-day

• patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of livestock
• providing livestock with feed and water
• assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
• mustering and droving livestock to milking and shearing sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
• washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows
• collecting eggs and placing in incubators
• herding sheep for shearing and keeping mobs separate during shearing
• spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
• exercising horses by walking, riding, leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
• cleaning stables and hatcheries, storing bedding and performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
• assembling, preparing and storing horse gear.

Considerations

• irregular hours
• physically demanding
• requires driving
• working outdoors.