Cattle Farmhand

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Areas Of Interest:   Animals - Farm, Domestic & Wildlife
Certificate Level:  Certificate III
Certificate Name:  Certificate III in Agriculture
Certificate Description:  Cattle Farmhands co-ordinate a wide range of agricultural operations including planting and harvesting crops, implementing animal and crop husbandry practices, servicing and repairing farm equipment and machinery and installing and maintaining farm water supplies and irrigation systems.
Code:  AHC30116
Work Type:  Practical & Manual

Skills & Knowledge you will learn

Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
Contribute to work health and safety processes
Establish pastures and crops for livestock production
Maintain pastures and crops for livestock production
Administer medication to livestock
Plan and construction conventional fencing
Implement feeding plans for livestock
Implement animal health control programs
Maintain livestock water supplies
Prepare animals for parturition
Identify and draft livestock
Perform machinery maintenance
Keep production records for a primary production business
Prepare for and implement natural mating of livestock
Implement procedures for calving
Operate tractors