Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers

Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers perform routine tasks in crop cultivation and animal production.

What the job involves

• Patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of crops and livestock

• Operating farm machines to cultivate, plant, fertilise, spray and harvest field crops

• Maintaining and repairing buildings, machines, fences, plant and water systems

• Loading and unloading seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed, and loading field crops into transporters for marketing

• Irrigating land for crop growth

• 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