Senior Livestock Hand

March Talent Partners; Hexham; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing on farm

Work ute provided

Quarterly power bill coverage (first $

Annual lamb butchering shared among ss

Job summary

March Talent Partners is seeking an experienced Stockperson for a livestock operation in Victoria’s Western District. You will lead a small stock team, manage 8,000 Merino ewes and 800 Angus cattle, and apply low-stress handling with your dogs, while maintaining AgriWebb records and coordinating health and grazing plans.

The role focuses on paddock work rather than office tasks, with housing on site and a work ute provided. Calving season involves extended hours and practical property duties.

Qualifications

• Hands-on sheep and cattle experience (min a couple of years).
• Own team of working dogs.
• Current driver’s license.
• Comfortable recording livestock data and using farm software.
• Australian work rights.

Responsibilities

• Run stock day to day and report health to Manager.
• Mustering with dogs using low-stress handling.
• Maintain animal health calendar and vaccination schedule.
• Keep AgriWebb records up to date; assist with grazing plans.
• Support seasonal tasks: mustering, marking, shearing, crutching, lambing, calving.
• Cover routine property duties: fencing, troughs, tractor work.

Skills

Livestock husbandry

Working dogs management

Livestock data recording

Driver’s license

Australian work rights

Education

ChemCert

Low Stress Stock Handling

First Aid certificate

Tertiary education in agriculture

AgriWebb experience

Tools

AgriWebb

Job description

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Our client is a livestock breeding property in Victoria's Western District, held by the same family for five generations and expanded over the past 10 to 15 years through the purchase of neighbouring blocks. The operation spans 3,225ha of reliable basalt and loam country on 580mm average rainfall, running 8,000 Merino ewes, half joined to prime rams, alongside 800 Angus cows that have just completed the shift from autumn to spring calving. The owners are continuing to invest in the property and the team that runs it. Proway sheep yards built in 2021 run a double bulk handler under a 1,400m2 shed attached to a ten-stand shearing shed, holding around 3,000 grown sheep under cover. The cattle yards carry a new crush and drafting pens, with covered cattle yards, a machinery shed and a workshop in planning. Laneways link the paddocks, bore water feeds the trough system, and a recently purchased 800-acre block is earmarked for improvement.

The Role

You’ll take ownership of the stock program, working closely with the Farm Manager and running your own team of working dogs most days. You’ll move and monitor sheep and cattle across the property, keep the animal health calendar of drenching and vaccination to schedule, and keep the AgriWebb record accurate, the same record the owners use for their read of the operation. You’ll provide day‑to‑day leadership within the stock team, working alongside another full‑time Farm Hand, with part‑time locals covering general and fencing work and contractors handling husbandry tasks. Spring calving is approaching, and the Manager will train you in how things are done on the property. The work stays in the paddock rather than the office. Alongside the stock, you’ll fix a fence, clean a trough, maintain the side‑by‑side you run each day, and step onto a tractor for feeding and general property tasks. The family values a happy, orderly and well‑maintained workplace: gear put away, yards and sheds kept clean, and a safety‑first mentality across everything.

Key Responsibilities

• Run the stock day to day. Move and monitor sheep and cattle across the property, reporting to the Manager on health and condition.
• Muster with your own dogs. Work stock with an efficient team of working dogs, using low‑stress handling.
• Keep the animal health calendar to schedule. Meet feeding requirements across all stock classes and keep drench, vaccine and other animal health products on hand.
• Keep AgriWebb accurate and current. Contribute to feed budgeting and the grazing plan, and liaise with stock agents and contractors when required.
• Support the seasonal programs. Mustering, marking, shearing, crutching, lambing and calving through the year.
• Cover general property duties. Fencing repairs, trough cleaning, upkeep of yards, sheds and equipment, and tractor work as required.

What You Bring

The role suits someone who puts the stock first and notices the small things, treats no job as beneath them, and looks after the gear they’re given.

Essential:

• A couple of years’ hands‑on sheep and cattle experience at a minimum.
• Your own team of efficient working dogs.
• A current driver’s licence.
• Comfortable recording livestock data and working with farm software.
• Australian work rights.

Advantageous:

• ChemCert, Low Stress Stock Handling and First Aid certificates.
• Experience with AgriWebb or a similar livestock record‑keeping platform.
• Tertiary education in agriculture.

What You’ll Gain

• Package: $75k - $85k + Super, with a work ute provided
• Housing: Four‑bedroom house on farm in good condition, with the first $600 of each quarterly power bill covered.
• Hours: Generally 7.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Planned weekend work through calving, lambing, shearing and crutching is taken as time in lieu or otherwise negotiated with the Manager.
• Extras: Two bags of working dog nuts supplied each month, and an annual lamb butchering shared among staff.
• Location: 65km to Warrnambool and the coast, with the school bus passing the front gate.

Additional information

• 8,000 Merino ewes and 800 Angus cows on 3,225ha of Western District country.
• Recently upgraded infrastructure, from Proway yards to a new cattle crush.
• Town, coast and schooling in reach; the school bus passes the front gate.