Sheep Farm Hand (Shearing Season)

You'll feed, milk and care for animals on a piggery near Pretoria West, every day of the year. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

Location: Pretoria West, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Follow biosecurity rules like foot baths and clean overalls
• Check animals for illness or injury and report to the manager
• Move animals between camps or pens calmly
• Collect eggs or check broiler house temperatures
• Help the vet with vaccinations and treatments

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

• Previous dairy or livestock experience
• Supervisory experience for foreman roles
• Animal health or AgriSETA short course

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

• Say which animals you have worked with and for how long. Farmers want someone who already knows the routine.
• For foreman roles, mention how many workers you supervised and what you were in charge of.