Livestock Handler

Prestige Staffing Personnel; Mildura; On-site; AUD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Staffing Personnel in Mildura is seeking a Livestock Handler to manage livestock intake, welfare, and yard work for sheep, goats and small stock on a five‑day week. Immediate start for a permanent, full-time position.

The role operates on day shift (approximately 6am–3pm) at a Mildura meat processor, with around $65,000 salary and some overtime. Training includes skin classing; immunisation against Q fever is required for start.

Qualifications

• Farm or station experience, and confidence around sheep and goats.
• Reliability and fitness; able to start early.
• Basic reporting skills for on-the-job reporting.
• Animal welfare accreditation is handy but training is provided.

Responsibilities

• Receive livestock into yards and monitor welfare.
• Move and manage sheep, goats and small stock through yards.
• Assist with skin classing training and related tasks.

Skills

Farm or station experience

Reliability and fitness

Basic reporting skills

Animal welfare accreditation handy

Job description

Livestock Handler, Receiving Yards

Around $65,000 | Permanent, full time | Immediate start

If you’ve drenched, drafted and moved sheep or goats on a farm or station, this is that work, five days a week.

The work

You’ll receive livestock into the yards at a Mildura meat processor, look after animal welfare, and work sheep, goats and small stock through the yards. You’ll also be trained in skin classing. It’s a processing site, so you’ll be working around slaughter. We’d rather you know that now than on day one.

What you’ll need

• Farm or station experience, and confidence around sheep and goats
• Reliability, fitness and no problem with early starts
• Basic reporting skills, as there’s some reporting on the job
• Animal welfare accreditation is handy but not essential, because training is provided

The business wants to grow its future supervisors from the yards up. If you’ve got the attitude to learn, there’s a real path here, plus a trade skill in skin classing.

The details

• Day shift, around 6am to 3pm, Monday to Friday
• Around $65,000, with a small amount of overtime built in
• Immediate start if you’re immunised against Q fever. If you’re not, it takes about two weeks to arrange, and the pre‑employment medical is organised for you.