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Dairy Farm Hand

Dairy Cattle Farm Worker performs routine tasks on a dairy farm such as herding and milking cattle.

Tasks

  • 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  sheds and between paddocks to ensure sufficient feed is available
  • washing and cleaning udders, and attaching milking machines to udders and milking cows

A day in the life of a Dairy Farmer from ABC Open Sth Coast & Tablelands on Vimeo.

More Info

A Year 10 Certificate, Certificate I, or a short period of on-the-job training is sometimes needed, but is not necessary to work in this job. Around one in four workers have Years 11 and 10 as their highest level of education.

VET Course Providers:

New South Wales

TAFE NSW

Victoria

TAFE Victoria

South Australia

TAFE SA

Western Australia

TAFE WA

Tasmania

TasTAFE

Queensland

TAFE Queensland

Northern Territory

NT

Charles Darwin University

Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Institute of Technology

For more information on required qualifications, click here.

ANZSCO ID 8415

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