Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers

Mixed crop and livestock farm labourers perform simple and routine tasks in farm production of both crops and animals.

Skill level: Unskilled

Salary Check

Job Responsibilities

  • Digging and shovelling to clear ditches or for other purposes
  • Loading and unloading supplies, produce and other materials
  • Raking, pitching and stacking straw, hay and similar materials
  • Watering, thinning and weeding crops by hand or using hand tools
  • Picking fruit, nuts, vegetables and other crops and collecting eggs
  • Planting and harvesting field crops such as rice, by hand
  • Feeding, watering and cleaning animals and keeping their quarters clean
  • Monitoring livestock and reporting on their condition
  • Assisting with herding, droving and separating livestock for milking, shearing, transportation or slaughter, and between pastures
  • Grading, sorting, bunching and packing produce into containers
  • Performing minor repairs on fixtures, buildings, equipment and fences

Take the Salary Survey

Loading...