Senior Cattle and Sheep Farm Worker
What the work is
Performs skilled tasks on a cattle and sheep farm in supervising the breeding, raising, feeding, treatment and welfare of cattle and sheep.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Oversees cattle and sheep breeding programs and the rearing of calves and lambs
- Develops and implements cattle and sheep feeding plans, and identifies health and nutrition problems in cattle and sheep
- Establishes and maintains pastures and fodder crops for cattle and sheep production, and identifies plant health and nutrition problems
- Supervises health and welfare programs for cattle and sheep
- Implements biosecurity management measures
- Supervises farming operations such as herding, catching, drenching and milking cattle and sheep
- Supervises general farming activities such as maintenance and cleaning of cattle and sheep housing, water supply and irrigation systems, and other farm infrastructure
- Supervises work routines and trains Cattle and Sheep Farm Workers
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional mixed sheep and cattle property on a dry country plain, with yards, paddocks and a shearing shed. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A mob of healthy lambs running across a green paddock after good rain
- A young worker learns to read stock behaviour because you showed them how
- A long day finished well, with the stock settled and the gates shut behind you
Hard days
- A dry spell, empty troughs and a decision about moving stock
- Long days alone in the saddle or on the bike, far from the homestead
- A sick animal on a day when the vet is hours away
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 343232, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.