Livestock Farm Workers
Livestock Farm Workers perform routine tasks in livestock, egg and wool production.
Fun facts
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Stable Future Growth
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877 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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64% full-time Full-Time Share
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37% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by livestock farm workers. A few are listed below:
- patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of livestock
- providing livestock with feed and water
- assisting with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
- mustering and droving livestock to milking and shearing sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
- washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows
- collecting eggs and placing in incubators
- herding sheep for shearing and keeping mobs separate during shearing
- spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
- exercising horses by walking, riding, leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
- cleaning stables and hatcheries, storing bedding and performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
- assembling, preparing and storing horse gear
Specific occupations
- Beef Cattle Farm Worker
- Dairy Cattle Farm Worker
- Mixed Livestock Farm Worker
- Poultry Farm Worker
- Sheep Farm Worker
- Stablehand
- Wool Handler
- Livestock Farm Worker
- Deer Farm Worker
- Emu Farm Worker
- Goat Herder
- Ostrich Farm Worker
- Piggery Worker
- Shearing Shed Hand
- Shearing Shed Worker
- Shepherd
- Horse Stud Worker
- Track Rider