Senior Station Hand
Core
Full-time livestock and animal husbandry role involving branding, weaning, drafting, castrating, trucking, vaccinations, and nutrition monitoring for cattle.
Role type
Senior Station Hand (agribusiness)
Builds
Livestock operations and station infrastructure
Domain
Agriculture / Beef production
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
livestock handling, animal husbandry, machinery maintenance, fencing repair, biosecurity compliance, drone operation, truck driving
Preferred skills
horse riding, trade qualification, manual driver's licence, truck licence
Responsibilities
Branding, weaning, drafting, castrating, trucking, and vaccinating livestock; monitoring and supplying nutrition; maintaining water supply and installing poly pipe; mustering using horses, motorbikes, drones, or helicopter; general maintenance and repair of machinery, tools, and vehicles; maintenance and repair of fencing; assisting with infrastructure improvements within the station compound; adhering to biosecurity protocols including weed spraying.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC