Becoming a Mixed Livestock Farm Worker in Queensland

About this role

Mixed Livestock Farm Workers perform routine tasks on mixed livestock farms, such as moving, feeding and counting livestock, and assisting with animal husbandry.

What you might do day-to-day in this job

Typical tasks for a Mixed Livestock Farm Worker include:

• 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.