Broadacre Crop and Livestock Farm Worker
What the work is
Performs routine tasks in broadacre crop cultivation and livestock production.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Patrols, inspects and reports on the condition of broadacre crops and livestock
- Maintains and cleans farm infrastructure and equipment, such as sheds, pens, fences, plant, and water and irrigation systems
- Loads and unloads seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed, and loads produce into transporters
- Provides livestock with feed and water, and implements livestock feeding programs
- Assists with maintaining the health and welfare of livestock
- Musters and droves livestock to milking and shearing sheds, and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a barramundi farm with ponds and tanks beside a cropping property, where one team looks after both. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- Water tests at sunrise come back right and the fish are feeding well
- A harvest day when the crew is in sync and every fish is graded and packed on time
- A new pond is stocked and you can see the little fish already moving about
Hard days
- A pump or aerator fails in the night and you are the one on call
- Wet, hot, muddy work around the ponds in the middle of summer
- Recording a loss honestly when you know the boss will not like the number
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 841332, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.