Rangelands Officer
Core
Develop and implement grazing strategies to optimize sustainable production outcomes while improving land condition for cattle operations.
Role type
Rangelands Officer (Natural Resource Management)
Builds
Sustainable pastoral production systems and land management practices
Domain
Agriculture / Cattle Industry / Environmental Science
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Natural resource management, pasture and land condition management, weed management, biodiversity conservation, soil health management, erosion control, cattle industry production knowledge, GIS software familiarity, off-road driving
Preferred skills
Precision agriculture technologies, Natural Capital project implementation
Technologies
GIS software, pastoral management technologies
Responsibilities
Provide technical services for precision pasture management, develop grazing strategies, contribute to R&D for sustainable production, monitor and implement Natural Capital projects, support adoption of new pastoral technologies, assess land condition monitoring sites, support weed management activities, travel to remote locations
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on specialist