Farm Manager/Owner/Overseer

Specialisations

Crop Production
Perform annual tasks to grow a wide variety of crops such as grains, oilseeds, sugar cane, cotton, fruits, and vegetables.

Livestock Production
Manage the breeding and raising of a wide range of animals including beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, horses and poultry.

Tasks

• Prepare or assist with preparation of annual forecasts, budgets and other business plans
• Recruit, supervise and ensure the ongoing training of farm staff
• Maintain production and other farm records including the estimated operating costs, ordering of farm inputs, marketing of produce and monitoring of animal health and feeding requirements
• Control costs of production in line with budget expectation
• Produce crops and/or livestock to achieve volume, quality and cost objectives
• Clean and maintain buildings, sheds, equipment and facilities to ensure health standards and high quality of produce
• Ensure safe and effective handling of equipment
• Undertake activities to minimise environmental degradation. Monitor environmental effects of farming activities and repair existing damage
• Plan and organise marketing and sale of produce to achieve high returns

Crop Production

• Select crop types and determine area to be sown
• Conduct a wide range of farming operations including cultivation, sowing, spraying and harvesting

Livestock Production

• Care and raise livestock for the production of meat, wool, milk and other animal products
• Ensure good animal health is maintained through provision of adequate quality and quantity of pasture and other feed
• Organise and conduct general farm activities including livestock control, pest management, shearing, milking and mating

Personal Requirements

• planning skills
• problem solving skills
• work independently
• computer skills
• like working outdoors
• communication skills
• mechanical skills
• enjoy working with animals
• management and organisation skills

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For this Position, the skills required could have been developed through on the job training, previous work experience in other related roles and through specialised and/or vocation training and/or through a Tertiary Qualification in Science, Humanities or Commerce.

Specialist vocational training and further education are available through the following institutions:

Marcus Oldham Farm Management College

Longerenong College/Workco

Tertiary Education Providers

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian Catholic University
• Australian National University
• Charles Sturt University
• University of Canberra
• University of New South Wales

New South Wales

• Australian Catholic University
• Charles Darwin University
• Charles Sturt University
• CQ University
• La Trobe University
• Macquarie University
• Southern Cross University
• Swinburne University of Technology
• Torrens University
• University of New England
• University of New South Wales
• University of Newcastle
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Sydney
• University of Tasmania
• University of Technology Sydney
• University of Wollongong
• Victoria University
• Western Sydney University

Northern Territory

• Charles Darwin University
• Flinders University

Queensland

• Australian Catholic University
• Bond University
• CQ University
• Griffith University
• James Cook University
• Queensland University of Technology
• Southern Cross University
• Torrens University
• University of Queensland
• University of Southern Queensland
• University of the Sunshine Coast
• Victoria University

South Australia

• CQ University
• Flinders University
• Torrens University
• University of Adelaide
• University of South Australia

Tasmania

• University of Tasmania

Victoria

• Australian Catholic University
• CQ University
• Deakin University
• Federation University
• La Trobe University
• Monash University
• RMIT University
• Swinburne University of Technology
• Torrens University
• University of Adelaide
• University of Melbourne
• Victoria University

Western Australia

• CQ University
• Curtin University
• Edith Cowan University
• Murdoch University
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Western Australia