dairy farm labourer

Work site environment

• Beef cattle ranching and farming, including feedlots
• Outdoors
• Wet/damp
• Noisy
• Odours
• Dusty

Work setting

• Staff accommodation available
• Rural area
• Remote location

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Monitoring animal health
• Feed and tend animals
• Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
• Milk cows
• Clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens
• Detect disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

Experience and specialization

Equipment and machinery experience

• Loader
• Tractor

Automated systems experience

• Milking system (automated)

Area of specialization

• Cattle breeding

Additional information

Security and safety

• Criminal record check

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Attention to detail
• Sitting
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Walking
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Flexibility
• Team player