Mixed Production Farm Workers
- Classification
- Unit
- Major group
- Labourers
Classification
- Major group
- 8Labourers
- Sub-major group
- 84Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers
- Minor group
- 842Farm Workers
Description
Mixed Production Farm Workers perform routine tasks in support of farming spanning two or more of the three different primary production areas – aquaculture, crops, and livestock.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 1 qualification, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5) For some occupations a short period of on-the-job training may be required in addition to or instead of the formal qualification. In some instances no formal qualification or on-the-job training may be required.
Tasks
Tasks include
- patrolling, inspecting and reporting on the condition of crops and livestock
- operating farm machines to cultivate, plant, fertilise, spray and harvest crops
- maintaining and cleaning farming infrastructure and equipment such as sheds, pens, fences, plant and water and irrigation systems
- loading and unloading seed grain, fertilisers and livestock feed, and loading produce into transporters
- operating water supply and irrigation systems
- providing livestock with feed and water and implementing livestock feeding programs
- 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