Mixed Production Farm Workers

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.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate I, or compulsory secondary education (ANZSCO Skill Level 5)

#### In 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 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