Farm hand

Devondale Family Trust; Dunkeld; In loco; AUD 52.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Devondale Family Trust is seeking a farm hand to manage stock across beef and sheep operations. The role involves motorbike and quad work with dogs, yard duties, and assisting with lambing and calving rounds in winter and spring.

You will perform cattle and sheep husbandry tasks including tagging, vaccinating, drenching, and aiding AI programs, while keeping accurate Mobble records and maintaining grazing plans. A family-run team environment awaits.

Competenze

• Must be physically fit and able to work in a farm environment.
• Reliability, initiative, and care for gear and animals are essential.
• Good communication and ability to work in a small team.
• Willingness to follow WHS rules and safety protocols.

Mansioni

• Move and muster stock using motorbike, quad, and working dogs.
• Carry out yard work: drafting, weighing, and loading/unloading trucks.
• Perform cattle and sheep husbandry tasks including tagging, vaccinating, drenching, and AI support.
• Keep accurate records in Mobble and report issues early.
• Assist lambing and calving rounds in winter/spring; herd monitoring.

Conoscenze

Physical fitness

Reliability

Initiative

Taking direction well

Strumenti

Mobble

HR truck licence

PPE handling

Descrizione del lavoro

This is a beef and sheep farm position involving stock management, yard work, husbandry tasks, pasture management, infrastructure maintenance, and machinery operation across a working farm.

Key responsibilities

Moving and mustering stock, mostly on a motorbike and quad with working dogs

Yard work: drafting, weighing, loading and unloading trucks

Cattle husbandry: ear tagging, marking calves, vaccinating, drenching, weaning, and helping with preg testing and AI programs

Sheep husbandry: lamb marking, crutching, drenching, jetting, vaccinating

Keeping accurate records in Mobble

Lambing and calving rounds in late winter and spring, often in cold, wet weather

Rotational grazing and paddock moves under the farm's grazing plan

Feeding out hay, silage and grain over winter and through the autumn feed gap

Assisting with pasture renovation, sowing, and weed spraying

Fencing, including electric fencing, plus gates, yards and laneways; maintaining troughs, tanks, pumps and dams; upkeep of vehicles, bikes and machinery

About you

Manual car licence is expected

Tractor or loader ticket, ChemCert (Farm Chemical Users course), HR truck licence and CFA membership are a plus

Physical fitness and a willingness to get stuck in

Following WHS rules: PPE, quad and bike safety, chemical handling, and safe work around stock and machinery

Reliability, initiative, and care for gear and animals

Taking direction well and working in a small team, family-run

Keeping records of treatments, withholding periods (LPA/NVD compliance), stock numbers and rainfall, and reporting problems early