Piggery Stockperson

If you like working with animals, a cattle feedlot near Pinetown has steady, long-term work. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Pinetown-based, with most of your time spent at a cattle feedlot.

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

• Willing to work early mornings, weekends and public holidays on rotation
• Gentle and patient with animals
• Reliable, since animals depend on you
• Able to live on the farm or close by

• Animal health or AgriSETA short course
• Basic farm maintenance skills

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

• Stress reliability. Explain that you understand milking or feeding cannot be skipped.
• For foreman roles, mention how many workers you supervised and what you were in charge of.