Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers

Key Tasks

• •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

Employment Projections to 2034