08 Oct
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Devondale Family Trust
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Horsham
08 Oct
Devondale Family Trust
Horsham
Job Description
This is a beef and sheep farm position involving stock management, yard work, husbandry tasks, pasture management, infrastructure maintenance, and machinery operation across a working farm.
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Key responsibilities
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Moving and mustering stock, mostly on a motorbike and quad with working dogs
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Yard work: drafting, weighing, loading and unloading trucks
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Cattle husbandry: ear tagging, marking calves, vaccinating, drenching, weaning, and helping with preg testing and AI programs
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Sheep husbandry: lamb marking, crutching, drenching, jetting, vaccinating
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Keeping accurate records in Mobble
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Lambing and calving rounds in late winter and spring, often in cold, wet weather
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Rotational grazing and paddock moves under the farm's grazing plan
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Feeding out hay, silage and grain over winter and through the autumn feed gap
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Assisting with pasture renovation, sowing, and weed spraying
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Fencing, including electric fencing, plus gates,
yards and laneways; maintaining troughs, tanks, pumps and dams; upkeep of vehicles, bikes and machinery
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Manual car licence is expected
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Tractor or loader ticket, ChemCert (Farm Chemical Users course), HR truck licence and CFA membership are a plus
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Physical fitness and a willingness to get stuck in
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Following WHS rules: PPE, quad and bike safety, chemical handling, and protected work around stock and machinery
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Reliability, initiative, and care for gear and animals
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Taking direction well and working in a small team, family-run
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Keeping records of treatments, withholding periods (LPA/NVD compliance), stock numbers and rainfall, and reporting problems early
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Dairy Farm hand - Milking/ Farmhand Position
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📌 Farm Hand (Horsham)
🏢 Devondale Family Trust
📍 Horsham