Livestock Worker (Health and Movements)

Mort & Co; Dalby; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing roster

Employee discounts (Meat, Fuel, Health

Competitive hourly rates

Training and development

Job summary

Mort & Co in Grassdale, Queensland invites applications for Livestock Workers in our Livestock Health and Movements team. You will assess sick and injured cattle, monitor daily health and performance, and help ensure safety and welfare in line with company protocols.

To succeed you should have experience with livestock, be able to work calmly using low-stress cattle handling, demonstrate clear verbal communication, and work well with the team to meet daily targets. Horses experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience working with livestock in a feedlot environment.
• Ability to apply low-stress cattle handling principles.
• Demonstrated effective verbal communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Assess sick and injured cattle through pen observation and administer treatments.
• Monitor cattle health, wellbeing and performance daily per procedures and company protocols.
• Ensure all livestock operations are performed safely and in accordance with workplace health and safety requirements.

Skills

Livestock experience

Team collaboration

Verbal communication

Low-stress cattle handling

Job description

Rewriting the story. Be part of the latest innovations as Mort & Coemergesat the forefront of Australian agriculture.

Grassdale is a world-class, flagship facility witha strong reputationin the agricultural and beef industry.Mort & Co has taken significant steps to set the standard in environmental impact and animal welfare setting them apart as sustainable, responsible, and forward thinking.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We currently have opportunities for Livestock Workers at our Grassdale Feedlot in our Livestock Health and Movements team. The key responsibilitiesin these roles are:

• Assessing sick and injured cattle through pen observationand administering animal treatments
• Ensuring that cattle health, wellbeing, and performance are thoroughlymonitoredeach day in an efficient manner andin accordance withcompany protocols and procedures
• Ensure all livestock operations are performed safely andin accordance withcompany workplace health and safety requirements, policy, procedure, compliance, and regulatory requirements

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in this role you will have a keen Interest in working with livestock and growing a career in livestock operations. You will also bring

• Experience working with livestock, with the ability to applyyourselfand learn in a feedlot environment
• Experience working with horsesis desirable but not essential.
• Ability and commitment to applying low stress cattle handling principles in cattle health and movements situations.
• Demonstrated effective verbal communication.
• Ability to work cooperatively with the team to achieve requirements of the tasks and activitiesrequiredin day-to-day operations.
• Ability todemonstratethe Mort & Co values in all aspects of daily work.

WHY WORK WITHUS?

• We care about your wellbeing, and offer a roster that supports a healthy lifestyle
• Mort & Co Employee Discounts (Meat, Fuel and Health Insurance)
• Competitive hourly rates - talk to us to learn more
• Grow Your Career in Agriculture at Mort & Co with ongoing Training and Development

OTHER INFORMATION TO KNOW

The abilityto provide two horses fit for cattle work in a feedlot environmentfor own usewould bebeneficial,however is not a mandatory requirement. If youare able toprovideHorses for your own use, Mort & Co supports employees with the care of horses including the payment of a horse allowance, the provision of feed for horses in work, farrierservicesand support with vaccinations.

As Mort & Co have a strong commitment to health and safety, for the benefit of all employees, all site roles may require you to complete a pre-employment medical (including drug and alcohol screening), requiring successful completion prior to a formal offer being made.