Livestock Farm Workers Nec
- Classification
- Occupation
- Skill level
- 5
- Major group
- Labourers
Classification
- Major group
- 8Labourers
- Sub-major group
- 84Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers
- Minor group
- 841Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers
- Unit group
- 8415Livestock Farm Workers
Description
This occupation group covers Livestock Farm Workers not elsewhere classified.
Unit group
8415 · Livestock Farm WorkersDescription
UNIT GROUP 8415 LIVESTOCK FARM WORKERS LIVESTOCK FARM WORKERS perform routine tasks in livestock, egg and wool production.
Skill level
Occupation skill level 5
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 livestock
- 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
- washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows
- collecting eggs and placing in incubators
- herding sheep for shearing and keeping mobs separate during shearing
- spreading fleeces on skirting tables for classing, pressing wool and branding bales
- exercising horses by walking, riding, leading and swimming, and attending to horses at track work, barrier trials and races
- cleaning stables and hatcheries, storing bedding and performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings and fences
- assembling, preparing and storing horse gear
Occupations in this unit group
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