Livestock Handler (Cattle Feedlot) – Immediate Start

Healthy animals mean a healthy farm; on a dairy farm near Rustenburg, you keep them that way. If you like clear targets and knowing where you stand, this is for you.

You'll be based at a dairy farm in Rustenburg. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Keep water troughs and drinkers working
• Help the vet with vaccinations and treatments
• Move animals between camps or pens calmly
• Clean pens, houses and milking equipment
• Follow biosecurity rules like foot baths and clean overalls

• Gentle and patient with animals
• Comfortable around large animals
• South African ID or a legal work permit
• Able to live on the farm or close by
• Willing to work early mornings, weekends and public holidays on rotation

• Previous dairy or livestock experience
• Basic farm maintenance skills
• Animal health or AgriSETA short course

• Farm housing on site
• Production bonus on milk yield or growth targets
• Training in animal health

• Stress reliability. Explain that you understand milking or feeding cannot be skipped.
• Say which animals you have worked with and for how long. Farmers want someone who already knows the routine.